IT Deptt Attaches Geelani’s Delhi House

SRINAGAR, APR 01 : The Income-Tax Department has attached a house of Hurtiyat (G) Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani located in Delhi in connection with an over Rs 3.62 crore tax evasion case against him.

The flat is located in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar area.
The Tax Recovery Officer (TRO) of the department has sealed the house for ‘failing to pay Rs 3,62,62,160 income tax for assessment years 1996-97 to 2001-02.”
The Enforcement Directorate (ED), last month, had levied a penalty of Rs 14.40 lakh on Geelani in a 17-year-old case of illegal possession of USD 10,000 in alleged contravention of the foreign exchange law, officials said Friday.