Overview
- Income Tax teams conducted coordinated searches at well-known Hyderabad chains including Pista House and Shah Ghouse, with Telangana Today also naming Mehfil among those under scrutiny.
- Searches covered corporate offices, major outlets and the residences of owners and senior executives, focusing on records of sales and finances.
- Sources cited in the coverage say investigators are examining possible discrepancies between declared income and business volumes that run into several hundreds of crores annually.
- Reports describe officials reviewing branch-wise sales data, digital accounts, franchise revenues and international transactions, with large volumes of financial and property records said to be seized.
- Separately, the Enforcement Directorate carried out raids at Al Falah University locations linked to the Red Fort car blast probe, and Delhi Police plan to question founder Jawad.