Strange: Labourer Gets Income Tax Notice

(Pramit Pramathes) Umerkote: In a shocking incident, a daily wage labourer from Umerkote in Nabarangpur district has received an Income Tax notice for making bank transactions of more than Rs 1.47 crore.

According to reports, the Income Tax office of Jeypore has sent a notice to Sanadhara Gand, who is a daily labourer by profession, asking him to pay Rs 2,59,540 tax towards his bank transactions. The notice has mentioned Gand, whi is residing at Purjaribharandi, is a wholesale trader. According to Sanadhara, he was working as a servant of a local businessman for past seven years.

When Gand informed the then employer and businessman about the matter, he refused to help him. The businessman declined to comment on the matter when media persons contacted him.