December 19, 2020 6:38:24 am
Protesting farmers listen to a speaker at the Delhi-Haryana border on Thursday. (AP)
More than a dozen arhtiyas (commission agents) have received income tax (IT) notices / citations, and some of them have also faced IT raids on their premises in recent days. Commission agents The Indian Express spoke to alleged that the raids were a tactic to intimidate them for supporting the farmers’ protest.
One such arhtiya, while showing his income tax notice, said that he went to the TI office to meet with concerned officials after receiving the summons, but was told that they were helpless and had received instructions from higher authorities. in Delhi to do it. so.
“We were warned against participating and supporting the farmers’ protest,” said another arhtiya who received the notice.
“This is the way the government has started to harass us, but we are determined and we will not fear such government actions and we will fight until the government repeals these agricultural laws,” he said.
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