RBI set aside 45 people to count the cash & it took 18hr 31 90 experienced Income Tax officers, under the leadership of the then Income Tax Commissioner of Lucknow, Sharda Prasad Pandey, carried out this raid. The other hostage was in a hospital and was later killed.

They recovered undeclared assets worth ₹16 million (US$220,000) in … Inspired by a true case, Raid is set in the year 1981, Lucknow. Set in the 80s, Raid is based on one of the most high profile raids the country has ever known and is India's first film on income tax raids. Directed by Raj Kumar Gupta, the film has been written by Ritesh Shah of 'Pink' and 'Airlift' fame. The film has been loosely based on the raids carried by then Income Tax Commissioner of Lucknow, Sharda Prasad Pandey.

Both teams will now gear up for the three-match One-Day Internationals that starts from December 15, Sunday. Genre: Period Crime Thriller Raid featuring actors Ajay Devgn, Saurabh Shukla and Ileana D'Cruz has released today. A fearless income tax officer raids the mansion of the most powerful man in Lucknow after someone mysteriously draws his attention towards the evidence. A two-day-long raid is executed to recover some INR 420 crores – also known as the GDP of an East European nation – from one house in 1981. Ajay Devgn's Raid is reportedly based on an incident that unfolded on July 16, 1981, when income tax officers raided the house of businessman Sardar Inder Singh in Kanpur. Rajkumar Gupta’s latest film is ‘based on a true story’ of a raid conducted in 1981 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. 200 police officers were also present for the safety of the Income Tax officers.

The real story is this. Even the experienced officers who organised the raids on the property of Sardar Inder Singh, 91, a leading Kanpur businessmen and ex-MP, last fortnight were not prepared for the enormous haul they raked in. The raid was under the then Income Tax Commissioner of Lucknow, Sharda Prasad Pandey. Director: Raj Kumar Gupta | Stars: Ajay Devgn , Ileana D'Cruz , Amit Bimrot , Saurabh Shukla For once the Income Tax Department quite literally struck gold - and a lot more. 1981 Raid: On 16th July 1981 Deputy Director of Intelligence Alak Kumar Batbyal (Played by Ajay Devgan) started the operation with over 90 officers from his house secretly to raid the property of Sardar Inder Singh (Played by Saurav Shukla) a-a leading Kanpur Businessman and ex-MP.

According to a report in India Today, on the morning of 16 July, 1981, Income Tax officials raided the house of businessman, and Congress MLA Sardar Inder Singh in Kanpur. For 130 minutes, Raj Kumar Gupta’s Raid, heavily penned by Ritesh Shah, tells us a semi-true story about an I-T officer raiding a corrupt minister’s mansion in Lucknow.True to its title, this is all that happens. Widely reported as one of the most monumental raids in the history of the Income Tax Department, the film doesn’t even come close to doing justice to the thrilling real-life account. It is based on real life IT raids that were conducted by the IRS or Indian Revenue Service back in the 80s. This movie is based on true story and longest raid in 1981 at Lucknow. In 1981 when IT raided house of Sardar Inder Singh, Kanpur's leading industrialists who founded 1st steel re-rolling mill in UP, still owns the biggest re-rolling plant in the state, Cong MLA, a former member of RS, twice mayor of Kanpur. On July 16, 1981, Income Tax officials raided the house of businessman, and Congress MLA Sardar Inder Singh in Kanpur. 90 experienced Income Tax officers, under the leadership of the then Income Tax Commissioner of Lucknow, Sharda Prasad Pandey, carried out this raid.

Ajay Devgnis playing the role of Amay Patnaik, Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax in Lucknow who is honest and has faced 49 transfers in …

Ajay Devgn is playing Amay Patnaik (Ajay Devgn), a righteous income tax officer, who raids the most powerful MP in … On July 16, 1981, IT officials led by IT Commissioner of Lucknow, Sharda Prashad Pandey, raided the house of a businessman, and Congress MLA and a former member of the Rajya Sabha, Sardar Inder Singh in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.

It was in the year 1981, 16 July, a group of Income Tax officials raided the house of the then Congress MLA and businessman Sardar Inder Singh in Kanpur. Revealed! Of the 106 remaining hostages, 102 were rescued and three were killed. ‘Raid’ is a true story based on longest raid in the year 1981 in Lucknow Directed by Raj Kumar Gupta, the film has been written by Ritesh Shah of 'Pink' and 'Airlift' fame. He was said to have carried out the longest raid in the history that lasted for more than 18 hours.