The Income Tax department has activated control rooms in Delhi and Mumbai to streamline the flow of information between its various investigation directorates probing the IPL. The control rooms are equipped with dedicated telephone lines, fax machines and internet enabled computer systems and are being manned by officials of the rank of Income Tax Officer (ITO).
As the probe into the cash rich IPL has been intensified with nationwide IT surveys and operations being conducted by the department on various IPL franchises, the top brass of the department has galvanised eight investigation wings into the exercise.
The eight investigation directorates are located in Pune, Kochi, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Kolkata and Mumbai.
The control rooms will also help in the facilitation of the orders and reports among the tax officials from New Delhi and with other enforcement agencies and offices of the department.
It is merely the repeat story of the legendary horse bolting from the stable-and after hundreds of IAS/IPS/IA&AS/IRS/Police/Customs/Sales Rax/RTA/Passport/MV/VIG./CBI/Enforcement officers of top to bottom, their families and subordinates/friends (also accompanied by families and friends)have enjoyed free VVIP hospitality of the IPL authorities!
Wonderful attempt at hoodwinking the tax-payers/citizens!