Tamil Nadu: IT officials seize $5 bn worth 'US bonds' in raid

  • 5 years ago
Shockingly huge haul of US Treasury Bonds from a businessman in a small town of Tamil Nadu. The I-T officials seized US govt bonds worth Rs 28,000 crore or five billion dollars from S Ramalingam, a Tamil Nadu agricultural trader. The man is also a commodities broker and a tax consultant.The Income Tax department has decided to approach American authorities to get validated the authenticity of these securities.The huge quantity of the US treasury bonds were recovered on New Year's eve.Besides international treasury bonds worth Rs 28,000 crore, the officials seized laptops, mobile phone and other several other confidential documents from Ramalingam's house.

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