The Indian Income Tax Department has started its independent probe of the Rs 7,800-crore corporate fraud in Satyam with focus on tax deducted at source and benami deals.
However, the department has declined to give a time line for the completion of the probe, contending the duration cannot be fixed, but it would try to hasten up the process. The ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) has given the SFIO three months to complete its probe, although the investigating team has had not got the privilege of accessing Mr Raju and others for interrogation.