Income Tax raids on premises of 2 pastors in Punjab

Income Tax raids were carried out on premises linked to two pastors from Punjab’s Jalandhar.

(SAI Bureau) The Income Tax department on Tuesday conducted raids on the premises linked to two pastors from Punjab, Baljinder Singh and Harpreet Deol.
The I-T teams from Bhatinda, Haryana, Jammu, and Amritsar conducted raids at various locations in Amritsar, Kurali, and New Chandigarh in Punjab. The two pastors, Baljinder Singh and Harpreet Deol, are from Jalandhar.

The Income Tax Department raided several churches and houses of priests in Punjab this morning. At around 8 am, the I-T department scrutinized documents of The Open Door Church, a famous church in northern India located in Khojewal, Kapurthala. More than 30 employees were questioned by the I-T team.The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were deployed around the church and outside the two pastor’s residences.