Photos: Rs 284 crore seized from Kanpur perfume trader’s residences

The searches unearthed Rs 177 crore from Jain's Anandnagar house in Kanpur and Rs 107 crore unaccounted cash from his Kannauj house (TOI photo)

Bundles of Rs 2,000 notes were recovered from cardboard boxes (Photo: IANS)

An officer privy to the probe said that Jain was arrested for evasion of tax and making multiple invoices in the name of fake firms (TOI photo)

Agencies have also recovered 250 kg of silver and 25 kg of gold from Kannauj residence of Jain (TOI photo)

Central agencies conducting searches in Piyush Jain's house (TOI photo)

Piyush (in pic) went on to say, "if you want, you can deduct the income tax and return the rest", said an official. (TOI photo)

The team has so far cut about 15 cupboards, while 20 locks have been broken. The vault was broken with a gas cutter (TOI photo)

During interrogation, Jain claimed that the cash recovered from his houses was his money accumulated after selling 400 kg of gold left by his ancestors (TOI photo)

A team of 50 tax officials, comprising units from UP and Gujarat (Ahmedabad) were involved in search operations (TOI photo)

Security personnel deployed outside Jain's house (TOI photo)