• Piyush Jain Kanpur raid: Demonetisation turns its course towards discourse

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    Piyush Jain Kanpur raid: Demonetisation turns its course towards discourse

    Digital Desk:  Piyush Jain, the businessman who is in the headline of almost every newspaper across the country, the wolf in the sheep's clothing is a resident of Anandpuri in Uttar Pradesh Kanpur and belongs to Chhipatti in Kannauj.





    On December 26, Piyush Jain was arrested by Central agencies upon charges of tax evasion.





    The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) Seized a humongous sum of Rs. 250 crores during marathon raids carried out at a Kanpur House and other properties linked directly or indirectly to Jain across Kannauj, Mumbai, and Gujarat.





    The luck took an evil turn on the 26 December for Piyush Jain, the GST intelligence unit was on a move to raid manufacturers of Shikhar Pan Masala, but the Investigation led the intelligence bureau towards Piyush Jain and the rest is a ‘golden’ history.





    According to the reports, Jain, who is a perfume trader has been rumored of having links with Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav.





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    Who is Piyush Jain? What do we know about his properties?





    The investigation report says the arrested businessman has around 40 companies, petrol depots, cold storage, and two factories in the Middle East.





     Jain acquired the skill of making scent from his father, a chemist in Kanpur.  





    Jain lives in Mumbai currently, which is his head office, and operates his perfume business across the country and abroad.





    Interestingly during interrogation by the Police Piyush Jain said that he sold around 400 KGs of ancestral gold and got the money.





    But, in a secret investigation carried out by a national media agency, Piyush’s brother revealed that they had no ancestral property prior to their booming business.





    The interrogation is still in the process.





    Their Kanpur residence, which was raided by the IT department was bought 14 years ago.





    Piyush had bought the house in Kanpur, Anandpuri where the raid took place in the year 2007. But he himself came only occasionally. Son Pratyush and Priyansh live here. It is said that due to the immense wealth in the house, only a few people used to come. There is no CCTV in the house, but there is barbed wire fencing outside the house and on the roofs. In which the current runs at night. There are black glasses inside the house. So that no one can see the movement inside.





    Now the question arises, after the disclosure of a huge black money scam in the country can we say or believe the process of Demonetisation is a ‘success’?