Overview
- The Income Tax Department issued notices in April and July alleging ₹46.18 crore of income escaped assessment for FY 2020–21 in the name of Ravindra Singh Chauhan.
- Bank inquiries traced the activity to a Punjab National Bank account in Delhi’s Uttam Nagar tied to a firm registered as Shaurya International Traders, with transactions running through 2023.
- About ₹12.5 lakh remains in the Delhi account, while Chauhan’s own Bhind account showed minimal activity over five years, according to his lawyer and bank checks.
- Chauhan, who says he earns about ₹10,000 a month, alleges a former supervisor took his documents in 2019 under a provident fund pretext to open the Delhi account and assured him it was closed.
- Gwalior police directed him to approach Delhi authorities and did not lodge an FIR, prompting complaints to multiple cells and a move to the Madhya Pradesh High Court; the case is under inquiry.