India, Sept. 12 -- Two income tax (I-T) officials who were arrested on Thursday in connection with a fake I-T raid at an Andheri-based businessman's office on July 17 have told the police that they had trained their co-accused a day ahead and taken leave from work to participate in the raid. To verify their claims, the Andheri police have sent a letter to the I-T office in Piramal Chambers, Lalbaug where accused I-T official Sureshkumar Mishra, 57, was posted; and to Kautilya Bhavan in Bandra Kurla Complex where fellow accused Sunil Gore, 59, was posted.

"We will obtain the attendance register of the two offices and cross-check if the accused had indeed taken leave on July 17," said a police officer from Andheri police station. "We are a...