A surprising situation has emerged in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, where the Income Tax Department issued a notice for Rs 7 crore 79 lakh to a local juice vendor. Yes, you read that correctly. Mohammed Raees, the juice seller, was taken aback upon receiving the notice, leaving his family in disbelief. It appears that transactions totaling Rs 7.79 crore were recorded using his PAN card. Raees, who lives on Taar Wali Gali in Sarai Rehman, operates a juice shop in Diwani Kachehri. The notice was issued by ITO Nain Singh from the Income Tax Department’s Section 3, citing the massive purchase and sale amount.
The Income Tax Department is questioning why Raees hasn’t filed a return given the substantial turnover, but he claims to have no knowledge of it. According to ITO Nain Singh, the information regarding the Rs 7.79 crore transactions for the fiscal year 2021-22 was retrieved from the Income Tax Department’s server linked to Raees’s PAN card, prompting the notice.
Additionally, a person named Deepak Sharma is implicated in this matter. Statements from a couple of firm operators in Punjab have been recorded, revealing that Deepak Sharma pays them between 15,000 to 20,000 rupees monthly for their services.
The Income Tax Department has indicated that Raees’s PAN card was misused during the assembly elections in Punjab. After receiving the notice, the distressed juice seller reached out to the Income Tax officials through his CA. The officials stated that the PAN card was used in accordance with regulations and that a response is required. They suggested that a fraud and cheating case should be filed against the responsible party to resolve the issue.
Following this, efforts will be made to identify the mastermind behind the scheme. Currently, the Income Tax officials are proceeding with the legal process related to the case, which is connected to an ongoing investigation by the Income Tax Department in Pat.