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May 27 2017 : the times of india (Mumbai)
Mantri's cook has rs 5k in bank, but bags rs 26 crore mining deal
Rohan dua
Chandigarh:


The man who won rs 26 crore sand mining rights in the punjab government's recent auction, has filed income tax returns (Itr) of less than rs 1lakh for the past three years between 2014 and 2017. Amit bahadur, the 36-year-old former cook at punjab power and irrigation minister rana gurjit's company, has kicked up a major storm after he won the highest bid in the auction.
Interestingly, his sbi account showed he had just rs 4, 840 as his balance on april 1. Bahadur's main source of income was his salary of rs 11, 706, the last of which he received on march 8.

Bahadur has shown his itr for 2015-16 at rs 92, 679. Toi has accessed his annual itr for three years. These were submitted with the certificate of approval (Ca) which bahadur provided to mining officials on may 10. His 2014-15 itr reveals his income was just rs 75, 390. Bahadur even got a tax refund of rs 9, 020 in 2016 and rs 9, 420 in 2015. The amarinder government had auctioned 102 mining sites through progressive bidding and earned rs 1, 026 crore. The state had held its first mining auction on may 19 and successful bidders were asked to deposit money on may 21and 22.

On may 21, bahadur deposited the first installment of rs 13.34 crore out of the annual rs 26.51crore fee he won for the saidpur khurd mining site in punjab.

While bahadur, a resident of billari, moradabad, switched off his phone since the controversy arose, gurjit has sidestepped charges of hawala and black money levelled by sad and aap. Gurjit, who owns a sugar distillery in tarn taran, was the richest mla in punjab in the 2017 polls with a declared wealth of rs 169 crore. He has so far maintained that he does not directly or indirectly have a stake in the mining business and that bahadur had quit the company when he sought mining rights.“there are thousands of employees who have worked with me and left from time to time and i cannot be held accountable for what they do after leaving my companies, “ gurjit said.

The opposition is however, is saying that bahadur is only the front man for gurjit to enter into the mining business. “gurjit must have asked bahadur to quit a month before mining sites were auctioned. How can a man with rs 11, 000 salary deposit rs 13 crore and win rights for mining worth rs 26 crore?“ asked aap's h s phoolka, who is also leader of the opposition in the punjab vidhan sabha.

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