Varanasi (UP), Jan 8 (PTI) The tax authorities raided the factory of a gutkha trader in Varanasi's Pandeypur, sources said on Saturday.

So far, no official statement has come out in this regard.

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A team raided the factory of gutkha trader Laxmikant Pandey, alias Pammi, on Friday night, they said.

According to the sources, the team seized papers and a computer hard disk. Prima facie, tax evasion of lakhs of rupees has come to the fore, the sources said.

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