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But the court turned down his argument.“The bank accounts will be unfrozen only for the purpose of tax recovery and the ACB will monitor the entire procedure. In his case, more than nine of his accounts in six private and public-sector banks had been frozen.Purvesh argued against unfreezing of his bank accounts and requested the court to reject I-T department’s application. He said he has appealed to I-T department regarding the tax recovery which is under consideration. Vadodara: The sessions court on Monday ordered unfreezing the bank accounts of Sumandeep Vidyapeeth’s trustee Purvesh Shah to enable the income tax department to recover its tax dues.Purvesh is the son of Sumandeep founder Dr Mansukh Shah, the alleged kingpin of cash-for-marks scam.Purvesh Shah has outstanding I-T dues of Rs 8.44 crore. The tax department approached the court after the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) informed it that the tax recovery from the bank account can be granted by the judicial authority.ACB had frozen the bank accounts of all Sumandeep Vidyapeeth trustees including that of Purvesh after it conducted a raid in February 2017..