Overview

• Searches targeted four dal trading firms across Hyderabad, Guntur, Vijayawada, Kurnool and Visakhapatnam.
• Officials seized key records as they examine possible diversion of tender funds and cash movements around the 2024 Assembly elections.
• The companies under scrutiny were awarded Andhra Pradesh Civil Supplies Department contracts to supply pulses under the Public Distribution System.
• The operation is part of a wider inquiry that earlier covered Hindustan Traders, V Care Group and last month’s checks on Caps/CAP Gold and related wholesalers, with no charges announced so far.
• I-T teams also visited seed and wholesale dealers and reviewed discrepancies between GST data and income-tax returns while assessing potential tax evasion.