Realtor Mahesh Shah surfaces in TV studio, says disclosed money not his, will expose the names before IT

Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad based realtor who had declared Rs 13,860 crore in Income Disclosure Scheme(IDS) but failed to pay first installment before due date today surfaced in Gujarati news channel’s office in Ahmedabad and said the amount he disclosed before Income Tax department was not his. He would tell the names of those on behalf of whom he had made declaration before the Income Tax department.

Shah appeared in Etv Gujarati studio near S.G.Highway in Ahmedabad in the evening and participated in live TV interview. In live telecast when he was asked whether he declared huge amount as part of disclosure scheme on behalf of certain politicians or businessmen, Shah in his reply said it’s bhel(mixture).

Shah said he was aware that he was doing something wrong when he declared Rs 13,860 crore for others, but his circumstances were responsible for doing so.

Shah repeatedly reduse to expose the names on live TV and said he would only tell the names to Income Tax officers. Shah complained that media persons harassed his family members and friends including his wife who is cancer patient. He said he was not on run as portrayed by media and neither he nor those behind him were involved in any criminal or wrong activity.

Shah was at the end of his live interview detained by the teams of Income Tax officials and local Sarkhej police station staff from inside the studio.

Mahesh Shah said Income Tax department didn’t wait till last permitted date for payment of first installment of Income Disclosure Scheme. He said those on behalf of whom he was declaring this amount backed off. He however refused to share more details on this.

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