New Delhi:

Breaking his silence after 10 days on the file Rs 350 crore in money seized from premises linked to him, Congress MP Dhiraj Sahu on Friday mentioned that his household handles the enterprise and the cash recovered is just not immediately his, however belongs to the businesses which had been raided. He additionally emphasised that the cash is just not linked in any method to the Congress or another political get together. 

The Revenue Tax searches in opposition to a agency, Boudh Distillery Pvt Ltd, and related entities owned by Mr Sahu’s household started on December 6 and ended on Friday. Carried out in Odisha and Jharkhand, the searches yielded money value Rs 353.5 crore, marking the biggest single seizure ever made by any investigative company in India.

The file restoration, lengthy search and movies of almirahs full of money have been utilized by the BJP to slam the Congress and accuse it of corruption. Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a dig on the get together utilizing a reference to the favored TV sequence ‘Cash Heist’.

Chatting with information company ANI, Mr Sahu mentioned he has been in lively politics for almost 35 years and that is the primary time such an allegation has been levelled at him. “I’m damage, and I can say with conviction that the cash that has been recovered is my agency’s. We now have been within the liquor enterprise for over 100 years. I’m concerned in politics and didn’t pay a lot consideration to the enterprise. That was sorted by my household, and I’d simply ask how issues had been now and again,” he mentioned in Hindi. 

The Rajya Sabha MP from Jharkhand mentioned his is an enormous, joint household and 6 brothers, together with him, are concerned within the enterprise. Their kids additionally take care of numerous features of the businesses.

“The cash that has been recovered is said to our corporations concerned within the liquor enterprise. Our enterprise is clear. The cash is from the sale of alcohol and it’s in money as a result of gross sales within the liquor enterprise occur in money. The money was from gross sales collections and has nothing to do with the Congress or another get together. It’s the cash of my corporations,” he mentioned.

“A few of the corporations belong to my family and no cash has been recovered from the premises of Boudh Distillery Pvt Ltd, the place a few of the liquor is made. The cash is just not mine, it’s my household’s in addition to of associated corporations. My members of the family will give clarifications, if wanted, to the Revenue Tax division. We’ll cooperate with the authorities,” Mr Sahu added.