On September 3, passersby outside Scindia House at Ballard Estate here will see an unusual satyagraha – a fast unto death by an elderly man whom the income-tax department owes money.<\/p>\n
What’s unusual here – apart from the fact that the dues amount to an eye-goggling Rs 25 crore \u2014 is that the man will be masked.<\/p>\n
…
\n“My sources have been threatening to kill me,” he says. “They refuse to believe that the I-T department has not paid me for cases as old as 15 years.”<\/p>\n
Gupta believes other informers will support him, as the department never pays heed to their post-raid claims. Indeed, the money owed by the government to the 60-odd informers in India totals a staggering Rs 1,200 crore. There are no written rules, only guidelines, for rewarding them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Well, I suppose that’s what you get for trusting the Income Tax department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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