Income Tax Officials Raid Mining Company Offices In Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Income Tax Department officials conducted simultaneous raids on multiple locations linked prominent mining company in Odisha on Tuesday.

As per preliminary information, searches are in progress at several places associated with S N Mohanty Group, including in Joda and Barbil areas in Keonjhar. Raids are also reported to be underway at the company’s corporate headquarters in Bhubaneswar.

Sources said raids are being conducted the company’s offices located in Barbil, MD Prabodh Mohanty’s house at New Forest Park Colony and corporate headquarters at Forest Park in Bhubaneswar.

Search operation is also reported to be in progress at the bauxite mine of the group.

A total of six teams of the I-T department are carrying out the raids and scrutinising several  documents and files.

Searches are also stated to be in progress at an associate office of the company located in Kolkata.

The IT department officials are reportedly questioning the company’s MD and other senior officials in connection with the case.

Further details are awaited and sources said the outcome of the entire operation would be known only after completion of the searches and scrutiny of relevant documents.

Company officials are yet to comment on the ongoing raids.