In Odisha a daily-wage labourer gets I-T notice for bank transactions worth Rs 1.47 Crore

Sanadhara
Gand, a daily-wage labourer from Odisha’s Nabarangpur district, was shocked
when he received a notice from the Income Tax Department for carrying out bank
transactions of Rs 1.47 crore.

The I-T
Department has sent a notice to Gand, a resident of Purjaribharandi village,
asking him to pay Rs 2.59 lakh tax towards bank transactions of Rs 1.47 crore.

“I have
received a notice from the I-T Department, which asked me to pay Rs 2.59 lakh.
I am clueless. How will I pay the tax amount?” asked Gand, who earns a
meagre amount to make both ends meet.

The notice
has been served for the assessment year 2014-2015. He alleged that his employer
was behind the transaction.

Gand said
his employer, Pappu Aggarwal, also from his village, cheated him by taking his
signature on a blank paper and land patta.

“I was
working as Aggarwal’s servant for about seven years. During that time, he asked
me for my land patta, which I handed over to him,” said Gand. “I do
not know what he did with that. Now I have received a notice from the I-T
Department for transactions of the huge amount done at ICICI Bank.”