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I-T dept raids minister overseeing stay of Cong MLAs from Gujarat

Updated on: 03 August,2017 10:31 AM IST  |  Bengaluru
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The Income Tax Department yesterday conducted searches at 64 locations and properties linked to Karnataka Energy Minister D K Shivakumar, who was overseeing the stay of 44 Congress MLAs from Gujarat at a resort near here, in connection

I-T dept raids minister overseeing stay of Cong MLAs from Gujarat

I-T officials carry currency-counting machines during a search operation at Karnataka Energy Minister D K Shivakumar’s residence in New Delhi. Pics/PTI
I-T officials carry currency-counting machines during a search operation at Karnataka Energy Minister D K Shivakumar's residence in New Delhi. Pics/PTI


The Income Tax Department yesterday conducted searches at 64 locations and properties linked to Karnataka Energy Minister D K Shivakumar, who was overseeing the stay of 44 Congress MLAs from Gujarat at a resort near here, in connection with a tax evasion case.


I-T officials said about Rs 10 crore cash has been recovered during the raids at various properties linked to the minister, who was taken to his house in Bengaluru from the resort by the taxmen early yesterday.


A "good amount" of jewellery has also been recovered from a teacher's locker in a college here. The locker is in the name of a relative of Shivakumar, they said.

About half a dozen note-counting machines have also been brought at two locations - Safdarjung Enclave in Delhi and in Hasan and Mysuru in Karnataka - to count the cash. While about Rs 7.9 crore has been recovered from Delhi, about Rs 2.23 crore has been found in the southern state. Officials said the department is investigating Shivakumar in a case of tax evasion and huge undisclosed investments.

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