Mangalore: The income tax department’s alert officials on Aug.16 are reported to have slapped a notice on the Magsaysay awardee and Anna Hazare’s aide, Arvind Kejriwal, for unpaid taxes of Rs.9 lakhs, just before he took on the central government for its internal corruption in so many economic scandals.
Nevertheless, Team Anna felt embarrassed by notice, while Kejriwal was winning hearts of common people and their gracious attention towards him for hiss conduct and ways of protecting Hazare from any outside trouble.
Ramdev was not so lucky and was driven out of Ramleela maidan by Delhi police, but not Hazare, largely because Kejriwal looked after him day and night, not Kiran Bedi.
But income tax sleuths harassed Kejriwal for unpaid taxes due in 2011 for over Rs.9 lakhs, when Delhi police were kind to him or Hazare.
Kejriwal, the ITD claimed was still a Central government servant on study leave since November 2000. A.Kejriwal, it appears, owes Rs.3.50 lakhs with interest of Rs. 4.16 lakhs on it, to the IT dept.
The social activist had a computer loan of Rs.50000 with interest added to it of Rs.1.00lakh, say some other sources. Now that Anna has gone home, will Kejriwal repay his tax dues?