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Hawala racket busted in WB, 20 cr recovered so far

| | Sep 25, 2015, at 12:04 am
#Hawala racket # WB # Kolkata # 20 cr recovered so far # CBDT
Kolkata, Sept 24 (IBNS): After getting specific reports from the Intelligence Bureau (IB), the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has conducted raids at several premises of a Tamil businessman in Kolkata and Siliguri in North Bengal and seized as many as Rs. 20 crores so far since Thursday morning, sources said.
According to sources, few teams of CBDT raided eight locations in Kolkata and one location in Siliguri on Thursday.
 
One senior IB officer told IBNS: "We have busted a money laundering racket today and seized Rs 20 crore so far."
 
"The Tamil businessman, whose premises is under raid, has a fake lottery business in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Huge amount of cash has been transferred to Dubai by this International Hawala network," the source revealed.
 
Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
 

 

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