Koda hospitalised after I-T officials grill him

DECODING KODA: The I-T department is probing a disproportionate assets allegation against Madhu Koda.

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Ranchi: Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, under the scanner for allegedly amassing wealth illegally, is reportedly ill and was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Apollo Hospital.

Income tax officials were questioning Koda at his Ranchi residence when he said that he was feeling uneasy. Koda has a history of medical problems.

"We cannot say what exactly is the problem. We are conducting tests and we will be able to say anything after the test reports," a doctor at the hospital told news agency IANS.

Koda was operated upon a fortnight ago after he complained of stomach pain. The Lok Sabha MP returned home from the hospital last week when the Income Tax Department started raiding his houses and other properties.

Koda was reported as not being cooperative with the Income Tax department in the investigation against him, a senior official said on Monday.

Koda was interrogated on camera so that his statements are recorded on video for proof while the I-T department and Enforcement Directorate officials continued searches in cities across the country for the third day.

IT sources said Koda had provided information about investments made at different places, the network used to invest money and people involved in the illegal transactions.

An official press release on Monday said the I-T department is continuing its search and seizure operations under provisions of the Income Tax Act and has summoned six people for questioning.

The six who have been asked to appear before the department on November 6 are Vinod Kumar Sinha, Sanjay Chaudhary, Devendra Mukhiya, Basant Bhattacharya, Manoj Punamiya and Anil Bastawde. Sinha and Chaudhary are close associates of Koda.

"If they fail to appear on the said date, the department will be constrained to take strict legal actions as permissible under various laws," the statement added.

Both Sinha and Chaudhary have not yet appeared before I-T officials. On Saturday, I-T officials said legal action will be initiated if they did not report by Sunday evening. Airport authorities have now been alerted so that they do not flee the country.

The I-T department, which is probing a disproportionate assets allegation against Koda and his associates, on Saturday conducted raids at 70 places in eight cities and discovered documents relating to illegal transactions worth Rs 2,000 crore.

The I-T officials have seized a laptop, hard disk and documents from Koda's houses and are investigating his links with a resort in the Andamans.

Over 70 bank accounts and lockers have been frozen so far and the process has been initiated to freeze the bank accounts of Sinha and Chaudhary.

I-T officials have also seized documents worth Rs 550 crore sent through hawala to Dubai, Thailand, Malyasia and African countries and Interpol help might be sought to probe the case, sources said.