The Revenue Tax (I-T) division in Gujarat performed raids at houses, workplaces and factories of varied diamond corporations and people linked to realtors in Surat on Friday, officers aware of the matter mentioned.
A staff of I-T sleuths from Surat together with these from Vadodara and Ahmedabad raised as many as 40 areas, the officers cited above mentioned, searching for anonymity.
The raids, the officers added, have been held as a part of a probe right into a ₹200 crore land deal in Surat’s Vesu space a number of months in the past for the development of a hospital.
These raided have been allegedly concerned within the buy of the massive land parcel, the officers mentioned. Premises linked to 2 diamond corporations – Bhavana Gems owned by Ashok Sojitra and Dhanera Group’s Ajbani diamonds owned by Arvind Ajbani in Varachha – have been raided.
The realtors in Vesu and Adajan areas who’re allegedly linked to the diamond corporations and who have been additionally raided have been Ramesh Chogath alias Ramesh Vaghasia, Kadar alias Kadar Kothmir, Naresh Video alias Naresh Patel and Arvind Bicchu.
Voting was held in Surat on Thursday. “As a result of Mannequin Code of Conduct, the search operation was placed on maintain for a while,” an official mentioned.
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