<p class="title">The Income Tax Department Tuesday searched a dozen properties in Delhi and Lucknow linked to a retired IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, who served in top positions during Mayawati's chief ministership, in connection with an alleged tax evasion case, officials said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They said the premises raided by the department are linked to 1979-batch Indian Administrative Service officer Net Ram, now retired.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The department is looking at instances of alleged tax evasion by making bogus entries of transactions or businesses worth Rs 90 crore.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The raids could be linked to a case of suspected cash deposits made post-demonetisation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Net Ram was secretary to then Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati during 2002-03, her third stint in power in the state.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The officer has served in various capacities in UP, including heading the excise, sugar industries and cane department, stamp and registration, food and civil supplies department. </p>
<p class="title">The Income Tax Department Tuesday searched a dozen properties in Delhi and Lucknow linked to a retired IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, who served in top positions during Mayawati's chief ministership, in connection with an alleged tax evasion case, officials said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They said the premises raided by the department are linked to 1979-batch Indian Administrative Service officer Net Ram, now retired.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The department is looking at instances of alleged tax evasion by making bogus entries of transactions or businesses worth Rs 90 crore.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The raids could be linked to a case of suspected cash deposits made post-demonetisation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Net Ram was secretary to then Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati during 2002-03, her third stint in power in the state.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The officer has served in various capacities in UP, including heading the excise, sugar industries and cane department, stamp and registration, food and civil supplies department. </p>