What is the real story of RAID movie?
The 2018 Bollywood film Raid is based on the real-life income-tax raid conducted by the officers of the Income Tax Department on Sardar Inder Singh in the 1980s which distinguished itself from others for being the longest raid in Indian history, lasting 3 days and 2 nights. The film follows Amay Patnaik, an honest and upright Income Tax officer who is transferred to Lucknow. He receives an anonymous tip that Rameshwar Singh, a powerful politician, and businessman, is involved in money laundering. Amay and his team raid Rameshwar's mansion, but they are met with resistance from his family and henchmen. Amay is determined to find the evidence he needs to bring Rameshwar to justice, but he faces an uphill battle. The real-life raid took place on 16 July 1981, when a team of over 90 Income Tax officers raided the mansion of Sardar Inder Singh, a businessman and Congress MLA from Kanpur. The raid lasted for three days and two nights, and it resulted in the seizure of over ₹420 crores ...