Deepkamal Kaur

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, April 3

Under the Income-Tax Department scanner since the March 29 raid on his place, it has come to light that Father Anthony Madasserry may have been running five, and not three, companies.

On the website of Registrar of Companies (ROC) maintained by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Father Anthony is listed as director of three firms — Words Worth Educational Aid Pvt Ltd, Eduzone Multimedia Pvt Ltd and Navjeevan Nidhi Ltd. The Sahodhaya Partnership Firm, which is into selling books, uniform and constructions, is not registered with the ROC. It, however, has a GST number. The fifth company, Shine Coaching, too does not have an ROC registration. Father Anthony has already admitted to running a Rs 40-crore turnover partnership firm Sahodhaya (launched in 2014) and Shine Coaching.

The only company in the name of Sahodhaya on the ROC website is Sahodhaya Transport Pvt Ltd, registered as a transport and storage company which has three directors. In this, Father Jose and Father Paul have 5,000 shares each while Father Joseph Mathew has no share but has been attending all meetings of the company.

Probe today

IG Parveen Sinha on Thursday will hold a probe into Father Anthony’s allegation that Rs 6.66 crore from the total amount seized from his residence was missing