Income Tax Department launched coordinated dawn raids on prominent road construction giant BR Goyal Infrastructure Limited, targeting their Sapna-Sangita Road office, director residences, and suspected hawala networks across the city. Over two dozen IT teams backed by heavy police deployment are scrutinizing digital records, hard drives, and financial ledgers for tax evasion, benami assets, and black money routing.
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Dawn Raid Blitz Hits Infrastructure Empire
Operation began pre-dawn Friday with 20+ IT squads simultaneously striking multiple locations including BR Goyal’s main office (Sapna-Sangita Road), Bicholi Hapsi sites, and director Bridge Kishore Goyal’s residence. Focus areas include:
- High-value highway tenders (recent ₹86.7 Cr NHAI toll contract)
- RMC supply chains (Ready Mix Concrete operations)
- Real estate ventures (BRG Hill View project)
- Cross-state toll collections
Raids expanded to hawala operators allegedly facilitating tender commissions and black money layering, with police cordons securing all premises.
Digital Forensics and Ledger Seizure Underway
IT sleuths deployed laptop imaging units, mobile forensic vans, and server seizure teams extracting:
- Contract payment ledgers (NHAI, PWD, toll plazas)
- Sub-contractor hawala settlements
- Benami property registrations
- Shell company transaction trails
- Foreign remittance patterns
Sources confirm bulk cash detection machines scanning premises, with document detention already surpassing 5,000 pages. Chairman Bridge Kishore Goyal and key accounts personnel detained for questioning under IT Act survey provisions.
Hawala-Tender Nexus Under Scanner
Investigation zeroes on tender manipulation ecosystem:
- Commission kickbacks via hawala to officials
- Benami shell firms claiming sub-contracts
- RMC over-invoicing through ghost suppliers
- Toll plaza revenue siphoning
BR Goyal Infrastructure—known for national highway projects, urban flyovers, bridge construction—recently secured ₹86.7 crore NHAI toll plaza work order (Jan 12, 2026). Current raids probe if tender processes involved financial irregularities.
Company Profile: Road Construction Powerhouse
BR Goyal Infrastructure Limited dominates:
- Highways: NH expansion projects across MP, Rajasthan, UP
- Urban infra: Flyovers, ROBs, airport runways
- RMC plants: 5+ operational units supplying metro cities
- Toll operations: Multi-state plaza management
- Real estate: BRG Hill View (Indore premium housing)
Registered office at 3-A Agrawal Nagar, company recently filed RHP for IPO signaling growth ambitions amid deepening tax scrutiny.
IT Department’s Aggressive 2026 Mandate
Indore emerges tax evasion hotspot after recent Gonda Co-op ₹21.5 Cr, SBI Varanasi pension scams. IT officials maintain operational silence, but sources indicate search conversion likely post preliminary document analysis.
Industry-Wide Ripple Effects
MP infra corridor firms on high alert:
- NHAI contractors revising compliance audits
- RMC suppliers bracing for supplier chain probes
- Toll operators implementing digital audit trails
- Real estate arms disclosing benami holdings
Hawala crackdown intensifies post demonetization, with IT linking 28% of tender bribes to undeclared overseas accounts. BR Goyal episode signals no safe havens for infrastructure tax violators.
About the author – Rehan Khan is a law student and legal journalist with a keen interest in cybercrime, digital fraud, and emerging technology laws. He writes on the intersection of law, cybersecurity, and online safety, focusing on developments that impact individuals and institutions in India.
