BHOPAL: The income tax department conducted surveys on 15 jewellers across the state on Wednesday. The investigations by I-T authorities have revealed that gold costing around Rs 100 crore was sold in exchange of old notes within hours after the demonetisation. It has been discovered by matching stocks of these jewelers that 3 quintals of gold was sold.
Each jeweller, in a short span of 4 to 5 hours, had sold gold worth Rs 10 crore. I-T department is now seeking list of those people who had purchased gold from them.
Some jewellers are accepting old notes with promise of delivery of gold later on. The income tax returns filed by these jewellers are being compared with their gold sales so as to know their turnover over past months.
Some jewellers had sold gold equal to their annual turnover in a day. The survey report has disclosed that these jewellers had switched off their CCTV cameras during the period. The CCTV footages available with jewelers are being scrutinised.
