New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- A daily-wage labourer from an Uttar Pradesh village has allegedly received a shocking notice from the Income Tax Department saying that he owes Rs.7 crore in unpaid taxes.

Distressed and puzzled about how to respond to the communication, Govind Kumar from Rudamau village in Hardoi district claimed he received a notice on 13 January stating that he owed Rs.7,15,92,786 in taxes.

Kumar, who lives with his wife Soni Devi and his elderly parents, makes ends meet through manual labour and lives in a thatched hut.

His family members have questioned how the I-T Department has deemed that he owes crores in taxes, considering his income.

According to a PTI report, I-T inspector Shubham Sharma said he had no information abo...