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How Asaram Bapu Built a Rs 10,000-Crore Empire Through High-Interest Loans and Money Laundering (Scroll.in)

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Scroll.in investigative reporting, read 2026-08-22, on the Indian Income Tax Department's probe into trusts linked to Asaram Bapu, detailing the scale of the business empire and undisclosed income uncovered.

Facts
Citation
Author
Scroll.in staff
Publisher
Scroll.in
Publication Year
2018
URL
https://scroll.in/article/906614/how-42-gunny-bags-revealed-the-web-of-fraud-behind-asaram-bapus-rs-10000-crore-empire
Source Type
journalism
Assessment
Reliability Tier
2
Tier 2: Scroll.in, an established Indian digital news outlet, reporting independently on the finances involved rather than a court record or regulator filing.
Notes
An Indian investigative outlet with a specific and detailed account of the Income Tax Department's findings; corroborated in outline by other Indian press coverage of the same tax probe.
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  • Organizations, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.
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