India, Oct. 13 -- The Income Tax (IT) and Goods and Services Tax (GST) teams carried out combined raids on meat traders in several locations in Hapur, Sambhal and Bareilly districts of Uttar Pradesh on Monday morning.

According to officials, the companies are facing allegations of tax evasion, foreign exchange violations, and irregularities in export and packaging.

In Sambhal, the IT team visited the homes and factories of brothers Haji Imran and Haji Irfan. Irfan owns Indian Frozen Foods. The brothers have a business worth Rs.1,000 crore. The teams also raided the residences of four senior officials of the company.

In Bareilly, a raid was carried out on Shakeel Qureshi's company, Marya Frozen. Shakeel Qureshi also owns the building fr...