The Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Income Tax (I-T) Department were on Wednesday conducting simultaneous raids at multiple locations linked to senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan.
The Income Tax raids were reportedly related to the Al Jauhar Trust, which is headed by Azam Khan, a former Cabinet Minister. According to information, the search operations are currently underway in Lucknow, Rampur, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Saharanpur, and Sitapur.
Earlier this year, the Uttar Pradesh government revoked a lease for a 3.24-acre plot in Rampur that had been granted to the Trust for the purpose of establishing a research institute.
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This lease, originally signed in the fiscal year 2013-14, had a nominal annual fee of Rs 100 and was intended to last for over three decades. The government took this action following allegations of irregularities, and despite the long-standing lease, the research institute was never constructed.
The I-T Department and the ED are yet to officially comment on Wednesday’s raids. Further details are awaited.
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