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Onion prices fall by 35% as I-T department raids 7 traders in Nashik over illegal hoarding

A senior IT official from the Pune region said as many as 120 officials from the department's Nashik unit were involved in the ongoing search and survey operation.

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After the sudden downfall, farmers stopped the auction at Lasalgaon and did not sell their output.
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The wholesale price of onions witnessed a sharp decline of around 35% in India's largest wholesale onion market at the Lasalgaon Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC). 

The fall in prices was followed by the Income Tax department raids on Thursday at the places of seven relevant onion traders in Nashik. 

After the sudden downfall, farmers stopped the auction at Lasalgaon and did not sell their output. 

As many as 25 premises of seven major onion traders in Lasalgaon and surrounding areas in Nashik district, one of the largest onion markets in the country, are being raided by the Income Tax department.

A senior IT official from the Pune region said as many as 120 officials from the department's Nashik unit were involved in the ongoing search and survey operation.

"We received a specific information that the onion traders of Lasalgaon and adjoining towns are involved in hoarding of onions and planning to create an artificial scarcity in the market to inflate the prices in future," he said.
The official added that as per the input, the traders had been purchasing onions from the farmers since the prices were plummeting.

"To verify any such unaccounted stock of purchase, as many as 25 premises, including houses, offices and warehouses, of seven big onion traders are being searched and surveyed across Nashik district," the officer said.

He added that the operation would continue for two to three days.

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