I came across this news item on Times of India and was wondering as to how and why all the Goan politicians, driving top of the line Mercedes Benzs, BMWs and Hummers and owning multi-crore empires, never get raided! :-)
Naguesh Bhatcar ======================================================================= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/I-T-raids-at-IAS-couples-residence-in-Bhopal-/articleshow/5539087.cms I-T raids at IAS couple's residence in Bhopal PTI, 5 February 2010, 04:03pm IST BHOPAL: Rs 3.1 crore in cash, jewellery and documents of properties disproportionate to their known sources of income were recovered from an IAS couple - Arvind Joshi and Tinu Joshi - following an income tax raid at their official residence in posh 74-Bungalows area here. While Arvind Joshi is Principal Secretary (Jail) his wife Tinu is Principal Secretary (Women and Child Development). The raid is still going on at Joshi's place and also at 12 other places including the residence of retired IAS officer M A Khan and two engineers, ICICI Prudential Insurance company officials, agents and a few businessmen, Income Tax (I-T) sources said today. The I-T Department had to take help of currency counting machines for counting the cash recovered from various places, sources said. Besides Bhopal, the raids were also conducted at the residence of IAS officer B L Agrawal in Raipur and his various relatives and persons associated with him. The exact amount of cash, jewellery and properties will be known after the scrutiny of documents seized from various places and opening of bank lockers, sources said. The raids were a fallout of similar exercise conducted by the department earlier during which it came to know about the disproportionate income of these officials. Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh chief minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan told reporters today that he has asked the I-T department to provide details of raid conducted at the residence of Joshis for initiating action against them.
