I-T Intensifies Raids on Odisha Distillery Group

Bhubaneswar: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured people that “money looted from the public will be returned”, the Income Tax (I-T) Department on Saturday intensified its crackdown on a liquor distillery group in Odisha.

After recovering around Rs 225 crore till Friday, the I-T sleuths seized another 20 bagloads of cash from the house of a countrymade liquor manufacturer in Sudapara area of Bolangir district on Saturday.

The amount of money recovered from Sudapara is being counted, an official said, adding it is expected to be over Rs 50 crore.