The Income Tax Department (ITD) on Wednesday has conducted raids on multiple premises associated with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot in connection with an alleged tax evasion case. The IT officials have conducted searches in at least 16 locations in Delhi and Gurgaon. Reportedly, the places linked to the AAP leader are being raided by a team of 30 Income tax officials.
Income tax department has conducted raids on 16 places located in Delhi and Gururgram and search is underway in Brisco Infrastructure and Developers Limited and Corporate International Financial Services Ltd, which are allegedly linked to AAP Minister Gahlot. The searches are being conducted as part of a tax evasion probe against two construction firms linked to the minister and others, the officials said.
Shortly after the raids, tweeted with AAP’s Twitter handle, “We are giving cheap electricity to the public, giving free water, providing good education and health. Government services are reaching the house and they are raiding the houses of our ministers and leaders by the CBI, ED”.
https://twitter.com/AamAadmiParty/status/1049886239309086720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Kailash Gahlot is the minister for transport, law and revenue in Arvind Kejriwal cabinet. He represents Najafgarh Assembly constituency in the Delhi Legislative Assembly.