I-T officials retrieve over Rs 50 crore from UP irrigation dept engineer

Lucknow: The Income Tax (I-T) department has confirmed receiving more than Rs 50 crore from an Uttar Pradesh irrigation department engineer.

Raiding 22 locations in seven cities, including in Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon and Etah, income tax officials also recovered cash and jewellery belonging to Rajeshwar Singh Yadav worth Rs 2.5 crore.

Yadav's brother and brother-in-law were also raided by the I-T department.

As per a senior I-T official, Yadav made shell companies in the name of his brother and brother-in-law.