Regulatory

Income tax raids Wazirabad tehsil office, property deals for six years under scanner

GURUGRAM: A 12-member team of the income tax department on Friday carried out a search and survey of the Wazirabad tehsil office, which handles registries and other records of some of the costliest property transactions in the city, and across the country. Officials told TOI that high-value property transactions, some amounting up to multi-million rupees, from the last six years are under scrutiny. The Wazirabad office is the largest revenue earner in Haryana and logs annual property registries up to Rs 25,000-30,000 crore. Areas such as Golf Course Road in Gurgaon fall under its jurisdiction. Accompanied by a police team,…