Income Tax sleuths conducted a raid at the shop of Patiala’s famous chaatwala on Wednesday but little did they knew it would lead them to discovery of an undisclosed income of Rs 1.2 crore, according to media reports.
An IT official, who was part of the raiding team, said the owner had not filed IT returns for the past two years.
The sleuths also conducted a discreet survey to trace the footfall at his shop and monitor his supplies to other shops and marriages.
On raiding the Focal Point shop, the sleuths found that he had made investments running into lakhs in real estate.