raipur in a major operation to uncover undeclared wealth income tax investigation wing officials on thursday raided nearly 20 premises of chhattisgarh based business group sumit involved in wholesale garments jewellery bullion market and realestate business over rs 3 crore cash was seized during the search operations majority of the raids were conducted in raipur rajnandgaon and rajim the officials swooped on the office malls and residential premises of the promoters of sumit group suresh kankaria ashok kumar kankaria vijay and sumit kankaria a senior official informed that raids were also conducted at the residence of retd inspector of income tax department who was also involved in cash transaction with this group in bullion market business nearly rs 15 crore cash was found at his place which was being seized according to officials the search and seizure operations led to the recovery of several incriminating documents which have been sealed officials confirmed that the raids were conducted on a tip off of huge tax evasion by the groups talking to toi a senior official of income tax department investigation unit said search operations started at 8 am at the residences in civil lines raipur offices in baijnath para malviya road pandri and sadar bazar mall in rajnandgaon and rajim the raids were carried out by almost 200 personnel of it department of mp and chhattisgarh the operation was underway till the filing of the report