New Delhi: The AamAadmi Party (AAP) and now the Congress cannot escape the charge of dealing with Hawala operators on being ignorant about antecedents of Mukesh Kumar. The main culprit in the matter, Mukesh Kumar, had lost a case against the income tax department before Delhi HC in 2012 and was asked to pay a penalty of to the tune of Rs 1.21 croreway back in 2012.

Kumar and his partner were found guilty under section 68 of the Income Tax Act, which deals with unexplained cash credits in the books of accounts of a company. In the popular parlance this act deals with the cases of money laundering and hawala transactions.   

Republic TV on Tuesday claimed that it has accessed exclusive documents from the Income Tax department, which show that the two political parties used the same hawala entry operator to transact money worth several lakhs of rupees. The news channel also claimed to have accessed the notice that was sent by the I-T department to the Congress on May 24, regarding the questionable transactions.

Mukesh Kumar, according to ousted Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra, had funded ArvindKejriwal in the past. He is now being interrogated over his questionable transactions with the Congress Party.

I-T sleuths have confirmed to Republic TV that they are also investigating a second hawala operator, Deepak Agarwal, who was working very closely with Mukesh Kumar to provide accommodation entries to various beneficiaries including the AAP and the Congress, as well as over 350 other entities.

Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convenor ArvindKejriwal had even tweeted about receiving Rs. 2 crore from Mukesh Kumar. The company Goldmine Buildcon Pvt Ltd is also being investigated by I-T officials as it was used by Mukesh Kumar to transact with political parties.