IT officers search KKR offices

Published>Wed, Apr 21 10 08:37 PM

Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) Income Tax authorities Wednesday conducted searches at the Cricket Association of Bengal's (CAB) headquarters at Eden Gardens and Kolkata Knight Riders offices here as part of the nationwide trackdown on source of Indian Premier League's finances.

The searches began around 3 p.m. at Eden Gardens and IT officials said they will carry their operation until the 'investagations' are over.

'If necessary, we will stay here throughout the night,' an officer said.

IT officials also raided ITC Sonar Bangla where KKR officails have been put up, and the Shakespeare Sarani office of Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment that owns KKR.

At Eden Gardens, seven IRS officers and support staff checked the documents related to IPL and its franchise KKR at the CAB office room and KKR office.

They snapped all landline communications before beginning their work and asked KKR officials and a top CAB office-bearers not to leave the premises till they are over with the job. The officers scanned the documents on the computers and one of them was also seen rummaging through the wastepaper basket.

'We are conducting search and survey operation,' said a top IT official, leading the team, declining to be named.

CAB sources said the officers looked into the payment details of IPL, specially those between March 19 and April 1.

'We are fully co-operating with the IT officials,' said a CAB office bearer.

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