Noted anti-corruption activist and Swaraj India chief Yogendra Yadav’s allegation that the Income Tax raid on multiple premises of a hospital group run by his relatives at Rewari in Haryana was aimed at silencing him has failed to cut the ice, as the authorities managed to lay hands on several incriminating documents and Rs 25 lakh unaccounted cash.
According to media reports, IT officials seized about Rs 27 lakh cash and a number of documents and payment receipts in the raid. The Economic Times quoting a senior IT official said that the department also recovered transaction receipts of about Rs 15 crore, suspected to be unaccounted.
As more skeletons started tumbling from the cupboard, Yadav sought to distance himself from the family business saying he was “not a spokesperson” for the hospital group. However, taking a moral high ground, he sought to link the raids with his farmers’ agitation. He also said he won’t comment further on this topic. “My question was as to why Rewari was chosen for the raids where my yatra had ended two days back and why only two hospitals were chosen for the searches when there are about 150 such institutions in the city? This is political vendetta and this clearly sends a political message,” Yadav said.
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