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| Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa's wife under IT scanner | | |
Agencies
Mumbai, Sept 23: Ashok Lavasa's wife Novel Singhal, a former banker, became director of several companies after she resigned from State Bank of India in 2005.
The IT department has now issued notice to Novel Singhal Lavasa regarding her income as the director of multiple companies, sources told India Today TV.
The IT department has been investigating the case for the past few months. After allegedly finding discrepancies in Novel Singhal's tax return, the IT department sent her the notice seeking for clarification.
The department is looking at the ITRs of Novel Singhal Lavasa to ascertain if her income has escaped assessment in the past or something has been concealed from tax authorities, official sources was quoted as saying by news agency.
The probe into alleged tax evasion and holding of directorship in multiple firms against the former banker pertains to a time period between 2015-17, they said.
Ashok Lavasa was appointed election commissioner on January 23, 2018, after he retired as the Union Finance Secretary in the previous year.
Earlier, during the the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Ashok Lavasa had expressed dissent over the ECI clean chits to four speeches of PM Modi and one of Amit Shah.
Ashok Lavasa's difference of opinion, with regard to the implementation of the model code of conduct (MCC), with Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra was reported during the recently-concluded general elections.. |
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