MP Man Earning Rs 10,000 A Month Gets Rs 46 Cr Income Tax Notice

Last Updated:September 10, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

A cook earning Rs 10,000 monthly received a Rs 46 crore Income Tax notice after his documents were misused .

Chauhan said he first received the IT notice in April this year but he could not understand the letter written in English, so he ignored it. (PTI photo)

In a bizarre incident, a cook from Madhya Pradesh, who earns a monthly income of around Rs 10,000, has been served an Income Tax notice of a massive Rs 46 crore.

The man, identified as Ravindra Singh Chauhan, has now approached the Gwalior High Court in connection with the matter.

According to Chauhan, the issue dates back to his previous employment as a helper at a toll company, nearly seven years ago. He claimed that his personal documents were taken at the time by his supervisor, Shashi Bhushan Rai, under the pretext of opening a Provident Fund (PF) account, but were instead misused to open a fake bank account in Delhi—triggering a legal and bureaucratic nightmare far beyond his means.

Chauhan said he first received the IT notice in April this year but he could not understand the letter written in English, so he ignored it. However, after receiving the notice again, he consulted a bank official who informed him that an active bank account existed in his name in Delhi’s Uttam Nagar, leaving him shocked.

Chauhan said he had raised concerns about the new account, and when he expressed a desire to have it closed, Shashi had reportedly promised to take care of the matter. Trusting him, Chauhan did not pursue the matter further. By 2022, the supervisor had quit the job and disappeared. Later, Ravindra moved to Pune for work after he lost his job when the toll contract ended.

To his shock, Chauhan later discovered that the Delhi-based account was linked to a firm called Shaurya Trading Company, which had allegedly routed transactions worth Rs 46 crore through it.

“During my job at a toll company seven years ago, my documents were taken for opening a PF account, and later I found out that a fake account was opened in my name in Delhi. Through that account, crores of rupees were transacted…My financial condition is not good; I work for a salary of Rs. 10,000. I want to file an FIR against those responsible, but no action is being taken,” Chauhan told PTI.

Despite his repeated attempts to file an FIR, Chauhan claims that authorities have failed to act, pushing him to seek relief through the High Court.

Manisha Roy

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