Income tax raid on doctors suspected of tax evasion

Summary: NAGPUR: Prominent doctors across the state were raided by income tax department on Saturday suspecting major evasion of tax through cash deals. The income tax department has got a disclosure of Rs30 crore from the action against jewellers. Last month the taxmen covered jewellers across the state. One of the basis of the raid was a host of complaints received by sleuths against the medical practitioners. This was a fallout of the action carried out on the basis of information collected during the note-ban period.

NAGPUR: Prominent doctors across the state were raided by income tax department on Saturday suspecting major evasion of tax through cash deals. One of the basis of the raid was a host of complaints received by sleuths against the medical practitioners. The complaints were generally about expensive treatment at the hospitals in cash with no bills issued against it.In Nagpur, the taxmen have covered premises belonging to three doctors which include two neuro physicians and a cardiologist apart from one of their managers.

A couple of doctors have been covered in Akola city too, said sources.The doctors in Nagpur include — Dr Chandrashekhkar Pakhmore and Dr Pramod Giri , who are partners in the Neuron Science Clinic at Dhantoli and Dr Mukesh Fulwani who heads the Srikrushna Hrudayalaya at nearby Congress Nagar.The number of doctors raided in Nagpur is second to that in Pune where eight have been covered, taking it to 16 assesses in all. The search was planned on a Saturday so that the surgeries and other procedures which are usually planned on a weekday are not disturbed. Other cities were the raids were conducted are, Solapur, Kolhapur, and Sangli.The search is not directly linked with the actions which followed demonetisation but unaccounted cash receipts are suspected to be unearthed during the action.There were complaints that doctors have been charging huge amounts in cash with bills not being issued to the patients.