Updated: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 07:53 (IST) The Income Tax Department’s investigation into AP Jewelers in Agra continued for the third day. 25 officers and employees are investigating the documents. The team of the Income Tax Department of Chaubeji…read more Police present during the raid at AP Jewellers. File Jagran Correspondent, Agra. The Income Tax Department’s investigation into AP Jewelers continued for the third day from 10 pm on Friday. Due to the long investigation, there are many discussions in the market. A team of 25 officers and employees is sifting through the documents. Officials of the Income Tax Department are not providing any information about the investigation. Remove Advertisement Only Read News The team of 25 officers and employees of the Income Tax Department, investigating the documents, started investigation at AP Jewelers at Chaubeji Ka Phatak on Friday afternoon at 3 pm. Cars were used instead of cars to reach Kinari Bazaar through the narrow path. A team is investigating at the Chaubeji Gate. While another team reached another gold market in Kinari Bazaar, Sainik Press Phatak Gali, where AP Jewellers’ factory is located. Another team is also investigating whether the bill was issued as per the standards at the institution in Nehru Nagar. The team of the Income Tax Department is scanning the documents at five locations. Records of purchase and sale and records of business transactions are carefully scrutinized. The standards in the bills that are issued are also being examined. Joint Commissioner Siddharth Gautam is leading the investigation under the guidance of Chief Income Tax Commissioner I Anupam Kant Garg. Bullion traders got upset and closed the market raising slogans, Agra. There is anger among the bullion dealers over the Income Tax department’s investigation which has been going on for three days at AP Jewellers. Traders closed their shops in the main gold market of the city on Sunday and raised slogans terming the incident as harassment. Some shops that had opened were also closed by the businessmen. Agra Trade Board extended support and said that if the harassment did not stop, a bandh would be called. On Sunday, at 12 noon, some of the shops at Chowbije Gate were open when the bully traders started protesting against the investigation at AP Jewellers. Businessmen say that harassment is happening. They declared a deadlock and started closing the markets and some shops did not even open. After this, the open shops in Kinari Bazaar and Salt Market were also closed. Shops in other parts of the city were also contacted by phone and asked to close. At the same time, President of Agra Trade Board, TN Aggarwal said that if the harassment does not stop, Agra Bandh will be called. He was in Bareilly during the provincial session, but he also briefed his state leadership, including the officials of the Income Tax Department in Kanpur. Organization officers were sent to work with the traders. Rajesh Aggarwal, Rakesh Aggarwal, Dushyant Garg from the board of trade along with gold traders Nitesh Aggarwal, Braj Mohan Rapuria were present in support of the closure.