New Delhi, October 22:  Kalki Bhagwan, a self-styled godman, who recently faced Income Tax raids at his firms and ashrams in the southern cities, broke silence on Tuesday and said he had not fled the country and would continue to help people. In the last week, the religious leader was in trouble after the Income Tax Department conducted raids at his ashram and unearthed around Rs 409 crore in undisclosed income. Bhagwan is a religious guru who terms himself a ‘spiritual supermarket’ and promises instant nirvana. "I am very much here in the country. Neither the I-T department nor the govt is saying that I have fled the country", Bhagwan was quoted by ANI. Kalki Bhagwan in Trouble After IT Department Unearths Rs 409 Cr Unaccounted Income From His Firms and Ashrams.

On October 18, the Income Tax department had conducted searches in the premises of a group of firms founded by spiritual guru Kalki Bhagwan. A tax department release stated that a preliminary estimate of such unaccounted cash receipts is Rs 409 crore from Financial Year 2014-15 onwards.

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During the searches, the IT department had unearthed an unaccounted cash receipts to the tune of Rs 409 crore from the premises of trusts and companies founded by the spiritual guru. The IT raids were conducted at ashrams that offered "wellness courses" at Varadaiahpalem in Andhra Pradesh, Chennai and Bengaluru.

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The IT department said that evidence has been found that the group has been regularly suppressing its receipts at its various centres or ashrams. According to reports, it is learnt that the group also earned unaccounted income in receiving cash from property sales over and above documented values.

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