Diljit Dosanjh is allegedly pumping unlawful overseas cash into farmers’ protests via his shell firms and the Income Tax inquiry has began
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Popular singer Diljit Dosanjh, who has lent his wholehearted assist to the continued farmers’ protests towards the three revolutionary farm legal guidelines is now presupposed to be below the Income Tax (IT) Department’s radar for allegedly funnelling, laundering and routing unaccounted cash by way of doubtful shell firms, and forwarding the identical to the protesting farmers tenting on the borders of the nationwide capital.The probe by India’s IT division has reportedly been initiated after a grievance was filed by the Legal Right’s Observatory (LRO) on December 27, primarily based on the analysis of Vijay Patel.Under scanner is also the position of music label firm Speed Records, which has allegedly been discovered to be working with a number of names over the previous few years, even because the official addresses and principal workers of the doubtful entity stay the identical. From 2011 to 2020, Speed Records has been reportedly discovered to have modified its identify no less than thrice, which LRO claimed was executed to “hoodwink Governmental Authorities there [UK] and also facilitate convenient mode for funding and supporting anti-national and secessionist activities in India.”India’s Income Tax Dep’t has launched a probe into Punjabi label firm Speed Records and singer Diljit Dosanjh for allegedly routing funds from the UK to maintain the continued farmer agitation.A proper grievance was filed by @LegalLro on 27 December.#FarmerProtests pic.twitter.com/4wO6mfwNq9— Dhairya Maheshwari (@dhairyam14) January 2, 2021The grievance by LRO additionally identified that one other firm named Famous Std. Ltd. was included on ninth August 2016 and dissolved on sixteenth January 2018 with Directors Sundip Singh Khakh and Daljit Singh. Interestingly, Daljit Singh is an entity which allegedly shares his birthday with Diljit Dosanjh, who’s below the IT Department’s scanner.Nevertheless, the grievance talked about that it was not but clear whether or not each had been, the truth is, the identical particular person. The LRO grievance additionally mentions that Diljit Dosanjh receives an honorarium for music occasions performed via his Saanjh Foundation, which doesn’t have an FCRA Registration to function in India.Acting on #LRO grievance primarily based on @vijaygajera analysis, @IncomeTaxIndia launches tax evasion inquiry. Fund circulation in crores from UK/ Canada to #FarmersProtests below scanner. @diljitdosanjh NGO n @officeofssbadal handle is similar @AmitShah @PMOIndia @PIBHomeAffairs @PIB_India ++ pic.twitter.com/GY1k9kzUtW— Legal Rights Observatory- LRO (@LegalLro) January 2, 2021Meanwhile, the farmers’ protests are seeing the involvement of Khalistani parts, flooded with hateful speeches and spurious feedback made by large celebrities who’ve come of their assist. Diljit Dosanjh has even secretly donated 1 crore rupees to the protesting farmers to purchase heat garments. Already, LRO has acknowledged that shell firms are getting used to fund the farmers’ protests. All this add as much as a variety of headache for the favored singer, because the IT division will get able to probe his reported involvement in funding the protest via unlawful means.Read extra: Dear Diljit Dosanjh, your makes an attempt to whitewash pro-Khalistan protests won’t be tolerated by your audienceWith the highlight turning to him, Diljit Dosanjh has additionally tried to distance himself from talks of being a Khalistani sympathiser. Yet, the IT probe which has now been initiated threatens to derail the singer’s complete profession, and unmask him for what he really is.
