I-T Dept raids premises of Chinese entities, Indian associates in Rs 1,000-crore money laundering case

The Income Tax Department has conducted a search operation on premises of a few Chinese individuals and their Indian associates. An official statement said they were involved in money laundering and hawala transactions through series of shell entities.

A search action was conducted at various premises of these Chinese entities, their close confederates and couple of bank employees.

“Search action revealed that at the behest of Chinese individuals, more than 40 bank accounts were created in various dummy entities, entering into credits of more than Rs. 1000 crores over the period,” said Surabhi Ahluwalia, Commissioner of Income Tax (Media & Technical Policy) Official Spokesperson, CBDT.