Srinagar: Income Tax (IT) officials on Thursday carried out raids in Srinagar city at the properties of former Jammu and Kashmir Minister Imran Raza Ansari, sources here said.
The I-T officials carried out raids at North Point Towers, a commercial complex in Karan Nagar area. The complex belonging to Shia leader Ansari houses several commercial offices.
Similar raids were also carried out in Alamgari Bazaar area in the old city area at another property owned by Ansari, the sources added.
There has, however, been no official word so far from the I-T Department as to what led to to the raids in Srinagar or whether any incriminating evidence was recovered.
On the other hand, Imran Raza Ansari denied that any of his properties were searched, sources said.
The I-T officials carried out raids at North Point Towers, a commercial complex in Karan Nagar area housing several commercial offices.
Similar raids were also carried out in Alamgari Bazaar area in the old city area, the sources added.
There has, however, been no official word so far from the I-T Department as to what led to to the raids in Srinagar or whether any incriminating evidence was recovered.
Sources close to Ansari, a senior leader of the Peoples Conference, denied that any raids had been carried out at Ansari’s properties and dismissed such reports as “rumours”.
The sources said that the properties that were raided were owned by Aga Syed Altaf, a retired bureaucrat whose son is married to Ansari’s sister.