ludhiana when the congress party had mocked prime minister narendra modi over his remark that selling pakodas too was a form of selfemployment little did it know that a pakora seller in ludhiana would not only prove the pm right but far exceed his expectationson friday morning panna singh pakorewala surrendered rs 60 lakh to the income tax department after a daylong survey conducted on thursday the action was taken by the income tax department on two outlets of this pakorewala one at gill road and another at model town after the former got specific inputs that the shop owner was suppressing his actual incomeduring the survey conducted under instructions from principal commissioner ds chaudhary teams of the it department not only scrutinized the financial records of the enterprise but also checked its daily sale by keeping an officer stationed at the cash counter of both the outlets for the entire day on thursday based on the daily sales of the outlets the department calculated the approximate annual tax liability of the enterprise and verified it with its income tax returns and the tax deposited by them file photo of the shopthough department officials remained tightlipped about the actions outcome toi managed to speak to dev raj the owner of the pakora shops who confirmed he had surrendered rs60 lakh to the department as his undisclosed incomeestablished in 1952 late panna singh set up a small pakora shop at gill road which became a household name years later not only in punjab but other states as well for its special paneer pakora and dahi bhalla his admirers include people from all walks of life politicians bureaucrats police officials and renowned businessmenmeanwhile according to sources in another action taken on thursday by the department on a store in miller ganj dealing in dry fruits the store surrendered rs1 crore as its undisclosed income