As the probe into the IPL got wider, top brass of the Finance ministry, Income Tax department and financial intelligence sleuths on Thursday held a closed-door meet in New Delhi.
I-T officials including the Director-General of Investigations in Mumbai flew to the national capital and briefed top CBDT and Finance Ministry officials about the probe that is now being carried out across the country on various IPL franchises and others, since it started with the survey on IPL and BCCI premises in the western metropolis on April 15.
The Mumbai I-T officials were also handed over a report on the 'source probe' that the department had generated on the IPL and its associates along with the Annual Information Return (AIR) of 'high value transactions' that the department possessed.
Sources said tax officials also briefed the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) about the details of the probe and a detailed plan of action was drawn as the investigation is now being carried out in various parts of the country. The meeting involved officials of income tax intelligence, investigation sleuths from Delhi and officials of agencies like Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB).
Sources said the Mumbai investigation wing also brought a few documents that the department had taken from the office of IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi.
The legal procedure to be followed in the IPL probe under the Income Tax Act was also discussed, they said.
The meeting is also understood to have discussed the sharing of information between various I-T directorates and setting up of a central cell for monitoring and taking forward the probe. The I-T department today carried out a raid at the Delhi Daredevil office in the national capital owned by conglomerate GMR in connection with the IPL probe.
The I-T sleuths reached the Barakhamba Road office in the afternoon to conduct the survey operation after receiving inputs from Mumbai investigation wing of the department, which have been briefed about the operation here, sources said. PTI
