Kanpur: A 21-year-old daughter of a daily-wage labourer from Unnao was left stunned after receiving an income tax department notice seeking details of an alleged income of Rs 20 crore linked to a scrap business. Claiming identity theft, the woman has approached the police, cyber cell and the Jansunwai portal, demanding an investigation into the suspected misuse of her Aadhaar and PAN details.Rashmi Savita, a resident of Girjabagh under Sadar Kotwali, said she received the notice from the Chandigarh I-T department on May 9. A BA graduate, Rashmi has been unemployed since completing her studies. Her father, Ajay Shankar, works as a labourer, and the family of several members lives in a modest two-room house, with a tarpaulin stretched outside to cope with the summer heat.Rashmi said she was shocked to learn that tax records showed an income of Rs 20 crore from a scrap business in her name. She maintained that she has no connection with any such business and suspects that her Aadhaar and PAN details were fraudulently used, possibly by a cafe operator in the Motinagar area.After responding to the notice, she filed complaints on the Jansunwai portal and with the cyber cell on her lawyer’s advice. She said her father is a labourer, her brother is unemployed, her mother is a homemaker and her sister is married, making the alleged earnings impossible. The notice has left the entire family in fear, and she has urged authorities to identify and punish those responsible for the fraud.Cyber Police Station in-charge Rajesh Mishra said an investigation would be initiated once a formal complaint is received, following which appropriate legal action would be taken.
