The tax returns of 72 persons, who are linked to the 2G spectrum scam, are being scrutinised by the Income Tax department in Tamil Nadu.
Chief Income Tax Commissioner S Senthamarai Kannan said his department has reopened the tax assessment returns and the scrutinisation is likely to be over by March 31, 2013.
To a query whether all the 72 are involved in the 2G scam, Kannan said that the department is investigating the returns filed by those who are directly or indirectly linked in the case and also those who have any close links with the beneficiaries.
The 2G spectrum allocation scam involved high-profile accused like former telecom minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi, top corporate honchos and telecom firms.
Kannan also revealed that the eight house searches conducted by the IT department across the State in the first quarter of the financial year has resulted in the department unearthing unaccounted money to the tune of `117 crore. He said during the same period last year, the department unearthed `7 crore.
He also revealed that the survey of business premises conducted by the department in the first quarter of the financial year resulted unearthing of `36.53 crore.
Interestingly, last year IT department survey of business premises resulted in unearthing of `27.84 crore.
“The credit goes to Director General of Investigations of IT department,” he added.
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