I-T sleuths raid Sahara HQ,GMR’s Daredevil office

I-T department sleuths conducted a raid at the head office owner of Pune team and GMR's Delhi Daredevil office.

ncome Tax department sleuths on Thursday conducted a raid at the head office of the Sahara Group,owner of IPL Pune team,at Aliganj here and scoured through documents related to the Indian Premier League.

A 12-member team came to the office at about 2 PM and examined documents related to IPL,company sources said.

However,company officials maintained that it was “not a raid but a routine survey” by the department.

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“They had sought time to examine the IPL papers,” they said.

Following the controversy over IPL Kochi franchise,Income Tax officials had yesterday swooped down on the offices of other IPL franchisees like Kolkata Knight Riders,Chennai Super Kings,Deccan Chargers and Kings XI Punjab.

Business conglomerate Sahara had last month bagged Pune,one of the two new teams unveiled in the cash-awash Twenty20 League from the 2011 season.

Raids at GMR’s Delhi Daredevil office

The Income Tax department carried out a raid at the Delhi Daredevil office owned by conglomerate GMR in connection with the IPL probe.

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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,sources said.

However,when contacted,company officials denied that any such operation was carried out on their premises.

GMR sports is the owner of IPL team Delhi Daredevils.