The Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided the house of former deputy director Sachin Sawant in Lucknow on Wednesday. The team seized several documents, bank account details and electronic devices from his apartment. The ED team has arrested Sawant and taken him to Mumbai. It is being told that they have to be produced in the court.
IRS officer Sachin Sawant is currently posted in Lucknow. He is working for Customs and GST. Sawant was on the ED’s radar for a long time. When he was in the ED in Mumbai, he was found suspicious in the Rs 500 crore embezzlement of Diamond Company.
There were complaints related to corruption against Sawant. Regarding this, the ED team reached Lucknow from Mumbai. The ED team raided Sawant’s residence at Shalimar One World. In the prolonged campaign, the ED team took many documents in their possession.
Along with this, the details related to the bank were also collected. ED has taken all the things recovered from Sawant’s house in its possession. The team has also arrested Sachin Sawant and left for Mumbai. The ED team has also raided his Mumbai residence.