The Income Tax Department on Wednesday, raided the office of Pune based industrialist Aniruddha Deshpande who is reportedly close to Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar.
The preliminary information stated that the I-T department raided six places in Pune that belong to Deshpande, stated a local report.
Reportedly, the raids has created a buzz in the political circle of Maharashtra because of Deshpande's close association to Pawar.
I-T raids this week
The British Broadcasting Company is also facing I-T as the tax department conducted a 'survey' in their offices in Delhi and Mumbai. This came days after BBC had released two-part documentary on 2002 Gujarat riots.
