{"id":31116,"date":"2019-03-21T15:13:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T09:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=31116"},"modified":"2019-03-21T15:13:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T09:43:10","slug":"old-video-of-raid-on-tt-law-firm-shared-as-raid-on-bjp-mp-rajeev-chandrasekhars-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-raid-on-tt-law-firm-shared-as-raid-on-bjp-mp-rajeev-chandrasekhars-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Old video of raid on T&amp;T law firm shared as raid on BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar&#8217;s house"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a large stash of old and new Indian currency notes piled up at an unknown place was tweeted by <em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Noor_chaudhari\/status\/1107653436554776577\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Noor_Chaudhari<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>According to the message posted along with the video, it pertains to an Income Tax raid at BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar&#8217;s bungalow in Delhi. The message also urges social media users to share the video to unmask the corrupt side of the Bharatiya Janta Party. Also, Rajeev Chandrasekhar&#8217;s has been misspelled as, <em>&#8220;Rajiv <\/em>Chandrasheher<em>&#8220;.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 BJP k mantri Rajiv Chandrasheher \u0915\u0947 \u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u0938\u092b\u0926\u0930\u091c\u0902\u0917 \u090f\u0928\u094d\u0915\u094d\u0932\u0947\u0935 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u0902\u0917\u0932\u0947 \u092a\u0930 \u091b\u093e\u092a\u093e \u092a\u0921\u093c\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0909\u0938\u0915\u093e \u0935\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b \u0906\u092a\u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u0936\u0947\u092f\u0930 \u0915\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0941\u0901 ..<br \/>\n\u0930\u0941\u092a\u092f\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u0917\u094b\u0926\u093e\u092e \u0926\u0947\u0916\u094b\u0902 \u0914\u0930 \u0936\u0947\u092f\u0930 \u0915\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u091c\u093f\u0938\u0938\u0947 \ud83d\udc79 BJP \u0915\u093e \u0905\u0938\u0932\u0940 \u092d\u0943\u0937\u094d\u091f\u093e\u091a\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u091a\u0947\u0939\u0930\u093e \u0938\u093e\u092e\u0928\u0947 \u0906 \u0938\u0915\u0947\u0902 !! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rcU3O9egSd\">pic.twitter.com\/rcU3O9egSd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Prof. \u0925\u093e\u0928\u0947\u0926\u093e\u0930 \u0907\u0932\u093e\u0939\u093e\u092c\u093e\u0926\u0940 ( \u0646\u0648\u0631 ) (@Noor_chaudhari) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Noor_chaudhari\/status\/1107653436554776577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Jeetendra Chouhan, a Facebook user also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jeetendraa888\/videos\/1204123016409424\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted<\/a> the video, accompanied by the same caption, along with a few other <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=BJP%20k%20mantri%20Rajiv%20Chandrasheher&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">individuals<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31122\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/Jeetendra-Chouhan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/Jeetendra-Chouhan.jpg 499w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/Jeetendra-Chouhan-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Fact-check<\/h2>\n<p>Alt News found that while the video itself is old and unrelated, and the claim attached to the video is false and malicious. The video depicts an IT raid on Delhi based T&amp;T law firm, owned by Rohit Tandon, in 2016, where a total sum of Rs 13.48 crore was seized by the IT authorities. The money was stashed in old and new currency notes. <em>&#8220;A joint team of the I-T department and Delhi police\u2019s crime branch found cabinets and secret chests at Rohit Tandon\u2019s office in the upscale GK-1 area filled with notes on Sunday. Several cartons containing cash were also found.&#8221;,\u00a0<\/em>stated a report published by <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/delhi\/Delhi-cash-seize-Rs-13-5-crore-seized-lawyers-income-is-Rs-157-crore\/articleshow\/55931896.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Times of India<\/em> <\/a>on December 12, 2016.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Video of over Rs 8 cr cash (Rs 2 cr in new currency) seized by Delhi Police from T&amp;T law firm in Delhi&#8217;s GK. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/the_hindu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@the_hindu<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abaruah64?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@abaruah64<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qXlQ7Ixg3y\">pic.twitter.com\/qXlQ7Ixg3y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shiv Sunny (@shivsunny) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shivsunny\/status\/807642969348022272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It may be noted that Advocate Rohit Tandon, who was later arrested in connection with a money laundering case after demonetization, was granted bail by the Delhi High Court on May 10, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>A two-year-old video related to an Income Tax raid on a lawyer&#8217;s office was falsely shared as that on BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar&#8217;s bungalow. In August 2017, the same video was circulated on social media with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-video-raid-tt-law-firm-made-viral-money-found-congress-minister-dk-shivkumars-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">false<\/a> claim that an IT raid was carried out on Karnataka Congress Minister DK Shivakumar&#8217;s home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a large stash of old and new Indian currency notes piled up at an unknown place was tweeted by @Noor_Chaudhari.\u00a0According to the message posted along with the video, it pertains to an Income Tax raid at BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar&#8217;s bungalow in Delhi. 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