Cash flowing into poll-bound Karnataka: I-T dept

DHNS
April 22, 2018

Bengaluru, Apr 22: Director General of Income Tax, Investigation, Karnataka and Goa, has stepped up its surveillance and monitoring activities as part of enhanced alertness in the wake of Assembly elections in Karnataka on May 12.

The I-T leuths believe that currency notes seem to be flowing in poll bound Karnataka.

So far, the sleuths have seized Rs 4.13 crore cash and 4.52 kg gold jewels valued at Rs 1.32 crore.

Majority of the currency notes seized are in denomination of Rs 2000 and Rs 500. Out of Rs 4.13 crores, an amount of Rs. 4.03 crore is in these denominations.

“When people are finding it difficult to withdraw notes from banks and ATMs, seizure of high denominations is raising eyebrows,” states a press release from Director General of Income Tax, Investigation, Karnataka and Goa.

Bengaluru city tops the list of seizures made with Rs. 2.47 crore, followed by Ballari with Rs 55 lakh.

The department is into intelligence gathering at various places of public transport and its Air Intelligence Units are keeping close watch in all the airports in Karnataka and also in the neighbouring Goa. “There are are reports of cash shortage in some parts of the country, cash seems to be flowing into poll bound Karnataka,’’ it said.

A person carrying Rs 16.5 lakh was intercepted at one of the airports, but he failed to explain source of the cash. The sleuths seized Rs 37 lakh cash from his Mumbai premises. In total, the sleuths have seized Rs 53.50 lakh unaccounted cash from him.

In one of the districts, a contractor had transferred Rs 55 lakh to a person who had withdrawn it. The taxmen detained the duo and the contractor admitted to concealment of Rs 16 crore.

In another case, household articles worth Rs 9.51 crore intended for distribution was found in a warehouse near Mysore. During the investigation, it was established that the articles were meant for distribution.

The sleuths have informed the district election officer to initiate measures against distribution of the articles. In another case, Rs 50 lakh was seized from a private person.

The Income tax department has set up 24x7 control room in Bengaluru to receive complaints. It has also formed strike teams with statutory powers in all districts. The department is keeping a strict vigil in all airports in Karnataka and Goa.

The Investigation Wing has collected contract payment details of the last quarter and is comparing them with previous years’ details to identify abnormal cases. The sleuths are co-relating bank transactions and cash withdrawals, the release stated.

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May 14,2020

Bengaluru, May 14: As many as 22 new cases have been reported in Karnataka taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 981. 

The new cases include five in Bengaluru Urban - all with a contact history, four each in Gadag - with history of travel to Ahemadabad, Mandya with travel history to Mumbai, Maharashtra and Bidar - with three from containment zone and one with travel history to Mumbai, three from Davangere and one each from Belagavi and Bagalkote.

Meanwhile, two more deaths have been reported in the state on Thursday morning taking the total toll to 35. This is apart from a non-COVID-19 death.

An 80-year-old resident of Dakshina Kannada, got admitted at private hospital following a stroke. She was shifted to the icu on confirmation for Covid-19 at a designated hospital on April 26. She died on Thursday due to septic shock.

Another 60-year-old male, resident of Ananthapur in Andhra Pradesh, admitted at Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru with severe pneumonia and respiratory distress died due to cardiac arrest on Thursday morning. He had hypotension and Diabetes Mellitus, according to the morning health bulletin.

Sources in Victoria Hospital said this person was the first patient to undergo clinical trial for plasma therapy. He was infused plasma on Monday. However, his condition continued to remain the same.

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March 23,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 23: People in Thukkottu and Ullal area of Mangaluru are in panic after a local woman who recently returned from a foreign country fell ill.

On receiving information the health officials from Ullal PHC visited the house of the woman, who is suffering from fever and cold. They provided her medicines and asked her to remain quarantined at home.

It is said that the woman's mother, who had come to a grocery shop near Thokkottu, informed the shopkeeper that her daughter, who had returned from abroad, was suffering from fever.

The alert shopkeeper, understanding the gravity of the situation, informed ZP Standing Committee on Health and Education President Dhanalakshmi Gatti, who in turn brought the issue to the notice of health officials.

The health officials rushed to her house and diagnosed her. However, the authorities have requested the local people not to be panicked as it is not yet confirmed whether the woman is suffering from COVID-19 caused by the novel coronavirus.

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January 8,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 8: CISF personnel at Bengaluru airport on Wednesday detained two persons after they found two live bullets in their baggage during the routine inspection.

The detained person, said to be of a Mangaluru origin who arrived at the airport on Wednesday morning has claimed to be serving the American military. His mother who had arrived with him too has been taken into custody.

According to officials during the questioning, the man said that he was on a leave and that as he had hurriedly packed his belongings at the last minute there was a possibility that the bullets might have fallen into his bag mistakenly.

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