The Income Tax department raided multiple premises linked to perfume traders in Uttar Pradesh as part of a tax evasion investigation. Prominent among those under the lens was perfume baron and Samajwadi Party (SP) MLC Pushpraj Jain 'Pampi'. Earlier, premises of bussinessman Piyush Jain were raided by the I-T department.

Akhilesh Yadav called the raid on Piyush Jain a case of mistaken identity. He alleged that the raid by the GST directorate on Kanpur businessman Piyush Jain was aimed at benefitting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is eyeing a second consecutive tenure of power in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election that is likely in February-March.

He identified the “real target” of the intended raid as Pushpraj Jain of Kannauj, from where his wife Dimple Yadav won Lok Sabha election in 2014. Watch this video.