MARGAO
The I-T sleuths also descended at the Cutbona fishing jetty and carried out search in an office, which is connected to a food processing unit at the Cuncolim industrial estate. The I-T sleuths are also believed to have carried out a search at Madel early Wednesday morning before heading to the Cuncolim industrial estate.
Four separate teams with protection from the Cuncolim police, descended at the Cuncolim industrial estate in the four fish processing and export units comprising of Sagar Foods, Indo Tech, Quality Foods and Quality Exports. While the teams had made their appearance in the factories early morning at 8 am, the search was continuing till late in the night around 9 pm, sources said.
This is the first time that fish processing and export units, operating from the Cuncolim industrial estate, have been raided by the I-T sleuths. As the teams conducted a search at the four units at the industrial estate, one team accompanied by the police later headed to the Cutbona fishing hub, where the office of one of the four units, was searched by the sleuths for some details. Though reports did the rounds at the jetty that the raiding team has seized cash amounting to Rs 15 lakh, the claim could not be confirmed independently.
