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Varanasi Development Authority (VDA) has handed over the raw balance sheet of Varanasi real estate company Vinayak Group to ED. According to sources, information about Vinayak Group’s project has been given in the documents submitted by VDA. At the same time, the Income Tax Department has also shared with the ED the information about the properties seized under the Benami Act of Vinayak Group. Now ED officials are making a list of properties of all the partners of Vinayak Group, so that action can be taken against them soon. The name of SP MLA Abu Azmi is also included among the partners.
In fact, at the beginning of the investigation of Vinayak Group, there was no evidence of Abu Azmi being a partner. After this, ED had written a letter to the Income Tax Department seeking information about the seized properties of Vinayak Group. It is clearly written in the information received from the Income Tax Department that Abu Azmi had invested undisclosed income of about Rs 300 crore in properties in Varanasi. This amount was sent from Mumbai through Hawala and later returned with profits.
At the same time, ED had also sought information about the facts given in the case filed by VDA against Vinayak Group, which has been handed over by the Secretary of VDA. In this, it has been mentioned that the completion certificate of the project of Vinayak Group was prepared fraudulently. ED officials are examining the documents of VDA and Income Tax Department and are preparing to take action against Vinayak Group soon.
