The Income Tax Department has denied conducting any searches at the residence of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee chief K. Selvaperunthagai, contradicting his claims of being held by IT officials during a search operation.
A statement by the IT Department said that Selvaperunthagai's allegations were entirely baseless and factually incorrect, and that no search, survey, or enforcement action was carried out against him on April 20 or in the recent past.
The department clarified that limited verification exercises were carried out in parts of Sriperumbudur based on specific intelligence inputs, but these exercises were not connected to Selvaperunthagai in any manner.
Meanwhile, in West Bengal, the IT department flagged discrepancies in the asset declaration of Trinamool Congress MLA Debashis Kumar following search and seizure operations conducted on April 17.
The officials said that while a notice has been sent to the TMC legislator, the IT department has also submitted a detailed report to the Election Commission, highlighting significant variations in the quantity of gold declared versus what was found during the searches.
