I-T dept attaches assets worth Rs 150 crore after raids in 'benami' case against SP leader Abu Azmi
Lucknow, Oct 7 (PTI) Newly constructed flats and a building complex in Varanasi and bank deposits worth about Rs 150 crore have been attached under the anti-benami properties law by the Income Tax department as part of its probe against Maharashtra Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Azmi and his alleged associates, official sources said on Saturday.
The Lucknow-based benami assets investigation unit of the department had launched searches in Varanasi and some parts of Maharashtra early this week as part of this investigation.
Sources told PTI that the raids have ended and the department has attached Rs 10 crore worth of bank deposits of a company called Vinayak Group, Tower 'C' of a real estate property called Vinayak Plaza at Maldahiya in Varanasi with a market value of Rs 40-50 crore, and 45 flats built in Varuna Gardens project in the Hamrautia locality of the city located on the banks of the river Ganga.
