Other than several locations in Karnataka. I-T Department sleuths raided properties in RK Puram and Safdarjung Enclave in New Delhi.
The Income Tax (I-T) Department has seized cash and jewellery worth Rs 15 crore as it continued with searches on properties linked to Karnataka Minister DK Shivakumar, who is hosting 44 Gujarat Congress MLAs at a resort near Bengaluru.
Other than several locations in Karnataka. I-T Department sleuths raided properties in RK Puram and Safdarjung Enclave in New Delhi.
Official sources said the raids that began early morning on Wednesday went on till late night with the minister being grilled at his residence at a posh locality here. The raids continued till Thursday morning.
Around Rs 8.33 crore cash has been seized from Delhi, Rs 2.5 crore from Bengaluru. and Rs 60 lakh from Mysuru till now, I-T officials said. "Apart from cash, jewellery worth about Rs 4.4 crore has also been recovered. Some searches and surveys are still on," I-T sources said.
The MLAs were brought to Bengaluru, capital of Karnataka, a few days ago by the Congress over fears that they could be 'poached' by the BJP in view of the August 8 Rajya Sabha polls in Gujarat.
Documents related to investments in real estate, including some alleged benami transaction, are being analysed by the department, the official said.
The I-T Department may share its findings against the minister and his associates with the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate for probe under the Anti-Corruption Act and the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) respectively.
I-T officials are also scrutinizing Shivakumar's investments in Singapore and other foreign locations.
Some shell firms and their operatives allegedly linked to this case are also being probed, IT sources said
The IT department had swooped down on 64 locations and properties linked to Shivakumar on Wednesday, triggering a major political firestorm. Parliament was disrupted and Congress called the action unprecedented witch hunt to win one Rajya Sabha seat.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah alleged it was a politically motivated action to silence the voice against the BJP.
Shivakumar has been put in charge of 44 MLAs lodged in the Eagleton resort near here to keep the flock together and prevent the BJP from "poaching" on them ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls in Gujarat where Ahmed Patel, political secretary to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, looks like facing a tough battle.
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