The Kolkata Knight Riders’ none-too-impressive campaign in the IPL has ended but not their woes.
The team is now facing a two-pronged investigation — one from the Income Tax Department and another from the economic offence wings of the West Bengal finance and revenue department and the Kolkata Police.
The probes will add to the woes of team. Ownership issue has been a perennial problem.
On Wednesday, a team of I-T officials raided the office of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) in order to get details of the shareholding pattern in KKR.
Highly placed I-T officials told DNA that the raid was being conducted to crosscheck two factors — whether KKR has any direct or indirect link in alleged IPL money laundering and also whether there is any other irregularity.
“We are examining details of the KKR’s expenditure since 2008. At the same, we will also be examining the details of the financial transactions between KKR and CAB during that period,” I-T officials said.
Another team of I-T officials also raided Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment Pvt Ltd. It is learnt that the I-T department seized some important documents. The officials also questioned CAB president Jagmohan Dalmiya.
The state government too has decided to start an investigation against KKR for evading entertainment tax by selling tickets of IPL matches at Eden Gardens at prices much higher than what was printed on tickets.
State finance minister Asim Dasgupta said foul play had been detected in tickets for super-hospitality box at Eden Gardens.
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