Black cash case against Moin Akhtar Qureshi deferred

The proceedings in an income-tax department’s blackmoney case allegedly involving businessman Moin Akhtar Qureshi could not take place on Monday at a Delhi court as the IT officials failed to bring complete records.

Additional chief metropolitan magistrate Pritam Singh adjourned the matter for December after the court was informed that IT officials were unable to bring complete documents due to some exigency. The case is at the stage of recording pre-charge evidence. The court had earlier granted bail to meat exporter Qureshi and one of his staff, who was summoned by the court as an accused in the black money case filed by the IT department for allegedly not disclosing his income of nearly Rs 20 crores. Summons were issued against Mr Qureshi and his employee Aditya Sharma on January 30. While granting bail, the court had imposed condition on both the accused that they should not leave the country without its prior permission.

The court had earlier taken cognisance of IT department’s complaint under various provisions of the IT Act relating to making false statement and the IPC for the alleged offences of criminal conspiracy.