New Delhi:

After establishing itself as a key participant within the tobacco trade, the Banshidhar Firm has come underneath the radar of Revenue Tax authorities who’re working around the clock to unravel the corporate’s net of deception. The division immediately carried out raids on the house and places of work of the corporate’s head KK Mishra.

Banshidhar Tobacco Non-public Restricted is a significant participant within the tobacco trade and is thought for supplying merchandise to main pan masala teams. Studies recommend that the corporate has a declared revenue of Rs 20 to 25 crore when the precise turnover was pegged at Rs 100-150 crore. The searches to this point have revealed a path of clandestine dealings and opulent existence.

In immediately’s raids, the company seized a number of costly watches belonging to Shivam Mishra, the scion of the tobacco firm. One of many watches, diamond-studded, is value almost Rs 2.5 crore rupees, sources within the company mentioned.

Seven crore rupees in money, together with jewelry and different belongings, have additionally been seized, intensifying the scrutiny on the group’s monetary affairs.

The company has already seized a group of luxurious automobiles, all bearing the quantity plate ‘4018’, from Shivam Mishra’s house in Delhi’s Vasant Vihar.

Fifteen to twenty groups carried out raids throughout 5 states, metaphorically shaking down each tobacco leaf linked to Banshidhar Tobacco Firm, to bump into a treasure trove of luxurious automobiles value a staggering Rs 50 crore; amongst them, a Rolls-Royce Phantom, priced at a cool Rs 16 crore, discovered at Shivam Mishra’s house in Delhi’s Vasant Vihar.

The raids, being executed with navy precision, reveal an empire constructed on deceit and monetary manipulations. There’s a main hole between the corporate’s declared revenue and the precise turnover and the officers consider that they hid their cash utilizing offshore accounts and manipulated ledgers, sources mentioned.

KK Mishra, the once-untouchable patriarch, now finds himself entangled in an internet of his personal making. The Banshidhar Tobacco Restricted, as soon as an impenetrable fortress, now stands uncovered, its foundations cracked, and its secrets and techniques laid naked.