GURUGRAM, October 12, 2026 – A massive potential scam involving property transactions worth a staggering ₹55,000 crore has come under the intense scrutiny of the Income Tax Department in Gurugram’s Badshahpur tehsil. A recent departmental survey uncovered glaring discrepancies in the registration records of approximately 25,000 properties over the past two years, with the most shocking revelation being the alleged use of the exact same Permanent Account Number (PAN) across all these registrations.
To investigate this high-value financial anomaly, the Director of Investigation and Criminal Intelligence of the Income Tax Department, Chandigarh, has constituted a specialized seven-member investigative team. The team is currently stationed at the Badshahpur tehsil office, meticulously scrutinizing thousands of physical and digital land records.
According to senior Income Tax officials, the department initially discovered a massive reporting gap. They did not receive the mandatory information for transactions worth roughly ₹15,000 crore, which involved approximately 12,000 properties. As per tax regulations, a Statement of Financial Transactions (SFT) must be filed to inform the Income Tax Department about any property transaction exceeding the ₹30 lakh threshold.
Further examination into the records of 25,000 properties revealed widespread irregularities amounting to ₹55,000 crore. The probe found that these high-value transactions were either completely hidden from the tax department or executed using incorrect or identical PAN numbers.
The investigation has also brought the roles of local revenue officials—specifically Tehsildars and Naib Tehsildars—under the scanner. Investigators are trying to determine how such a colossal volume of high-value transactions bypassed the mandatory SFT reporting mechanism and, crucially, how PAN numbers were being verified at the sub-registrar level during the registration process. While no direct evidence of official complicity has emerged so far, the department is leaving no stone unturned.
Meanwhile, a senior administrative officer in Gurugram expressed skepticism about the manual feasibility of the fraud, suggesting that the use of a single PAN for 25,000 properties might be the result of a severe “technical glitch” at the computer or portal level rather than deliberate human manipulation.
The seven-member probe team is currently reconciling the data to establish whether the ₹55,000-crore irregularity is a result of sheer administrative negligence, a monumental software error, or a deeply orchestrated, deliberate financial fraud.
Published by True Roots Media Network