Srinagar: The Income Tax Department Thursday carried out searches at two premises of kin of Imran Reza Ansari, a former minister in the PDP-BJP coalition, for alleged tax evasion, officials said.
They said the income tax officials, assisted by the Jammu and Kashmir police and the CRPF, carried out the searches at a business complex in the upmarket Karan Nagar where locations of North Point Complex were searched by the tax personnel.
Later, a team was sent to search other premises of the family at Alamgiri Bazar in downtown Srinagar.
The income tax officials maintained that Thursday’s raids were carried out on a business family and were in no way connected to Ansari, a politician who switched over to People’s Conference led by Sajad Lone.
Ansari’s sister is married to the family whose premises have been raided. (Agencies)
This post was published on April 25, 2019