KALYAN: A labourer from Kalyan, Bhausaheb Ahire (35), who earns Rs 300 as daily wages and stays in a slum, has received a notice from the Income-Tax department asking him to pay Rs 1.05 crore as tax for the money that was “deposited” in his bank account during demonetisation.Ahire recently approached the police saying fraudsters had created a fake bank account in his name using forged documents. Police have ordered a probe into his complaint.The I-T department has been keeping tabs on cash deposits at the time of demonetisation that took place in November 2016 and found that Ahire had deposited Rs58 lakh in a private bank.The notice came as a shocker to Ahire, his family as well as neighbours who knew of his financial condition. Ahire lives with his wife Poonam (32), two daughters Jiya (8) and Riya (5) and son Aarush (3) in a 100 sq ft room owned by his father-in-law in a slum in Galegaon in Ambivli. Ahire, who hails from Osmanabad district, has been residing here for the last six years.Ahire said he had received a notice from the I-T department on September 5 last year seeking explanation on a Rs58 lakh deposit in his account maintained by a private bank. Ahire said he was illiterate and hence informed his neighbours, who explained the contents. Ahire, who did not maintain the concerned bank account, approached I-T officials with the help of social workers. The officials advised him to approach the bank. Ahire told TOI, “From the bank, I found that the fraudsters had opened this account in a Mumbai-based branch forging my PAN card and voter ID card documents.”Ahire claimed the fraudsters forged the signatures too, and the photograph on the PAN card copy submitted to the bank was different. Ahire said the matter was put to rest but on December 7, the I-T department again issued him a notice asking him to pay tax of Rs1.05 crore for the income he had earned in the year 2017-18 and said it would begin the recovery process if the tax was not paid in 30 days. “I have never in my life seen Rs1 lakh. How I can pay tax of Rs1.05 crore?”Ahire approached the police this time because he did not want any coercive action against him by the I-T department. He approached the Thane rural superintendent of police Shivaji Rathod, demanding action against the fraudsters. Acting on Ahire’s complaint, Rathod has ordered Titwala police to probe the matter. Talking to TOI, Rathod said, “I have ordered an inquiry by an inspector and will initiate action against the culprits.”