MDLR Airlines raided

Chandigarh: The income tax authorities today raided various offices and other premises of the nascent MDLR Airlines and its promoters in many towns of Haryana, including Sirsa and Gurgaon, where the head office of the airlines is located. Its office in Chandigarh was also raided.
The airlines is promoted by Sirsa-based controversial businessman Gopal Goel, alias Gopal Kanda, who has close ties with former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, president of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD). During the last Assembly elections, Kanda had weighed Chautala against currency notes in Sirsa.
In fact, Kanda rose from the owner of a shoe shop, “Shoe Camp”, at Sirsa to become a big gun during the INLD regime. His shoe shop was one of the premises raided by the income tax authorities today.
It is believed that while “MD” are initials of his father, “LR” are initials of Kanda’s son in the name of the airlines.
According to information received here, at one of the MDLR offices situated near the Tara Baba Kutiya in Sirsa, the raiding party was attacked by “unknown persons”, who are suspected to be employees of Kanda. The attackers snatched away documents and a laptop from the raiding party.
The Sirsa police has registered a criminal case on a complaint lodged by additional director, income tax, Munshi Ram against the “unknown persons”. Newsmen covering the raids were also attacked by the Kanda sympathisers. An FIR has been lodged by two Sirsa-based journalists against Sushil Saini, Amit Sharma and others in this regard.
31/01/08 Yoginder Gupta/The Tribune

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