Details of a total of 18 individuals have been shared with the CBI by the (CBDT) after the Income Tax department initiated prosecution in these cases for concealment of income in their returns filed with the department.

“The CBI will probe if these account holders and their transactions of funds have connection with illegal financing, terrorism related funds or black money with overseas ramifications,” a top I-T official said. The CBI, according to sources, can issue notices to these individuals for want of additional information and submission of documents during the probe.