They said only the minister's room in the resort was searched and not of the MLAs from Gujarat
The Income Tax Department Tuesday conducted searches at multiple properties related to Karnataka Energy minister D K Shivakumar, who was overseeing the stay of 44 Congress MLAs from Gujarat at a resort near Bengaluru, in connection with a tax evasion case.
IT officials said Rs 5 crore cash was recovered from the Delhi residence of the minister, who has been taken to his house in Bengaluru from the resort by the IT team.
Officials privy to the early morning raids said I-T sleuths reached the Eagleton resort near here to question the minister, who was staying at the resort for the night.
The minister, was in charge of the 44 MLAs lodged there, to keep the flock together for preventing the BJP from allegedly "poaching" on them, was at the resort when the search took place, IT officials said. → Income tax Efiling ←
As the raids on the resort triggered angry reactions from the Congress, the IT department said the resort is not being raided.
They said only the minister's room in the resort was "searched" and not of the MLAs from Gujarat. → Efiling Of Income Tax ←
"The search team has no concern with the MLAs and there has been no contact with MLAs and the search team," the deparment said in a statement.
The department is also investigating charges of alleged role of money power and huge transfer of illegal funds for these polls...... Read article Source
IT officials said Rs 5 crore cash was recovered from the Delhi residence of the minister, who has been taken to his house in Bengaluru from the resort by the IT team.
Officials privy to the early morning raids said I-T sleuths reached the Eagleton resort near here to question the minister, who was staying at the resort for the night.
The minister, was in charge of the 44 MLAs lodged there, to keep the flock together for preventing the BJP from allegedly "poaching" on them, was at the resort when the search took place, IT officials said. → Income tax Efiling ←
As the raids on the resort triggered angry reactions from the Congress, the IT department said the resort is not being raided.
They said only the minister's room in the resort was "searched" and not of the MLAs from Gujarat. → Efiling Of Income Tax ←
"The search team has no concern with the MLAs and there has been no contact with MLAs and the search team," the deparment said in a statement.
The department is also investigating charges of alleged role of money power and huge transfer of illegal funds for these polls...... Read article Source
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