The raids are being conducted only days ahead of polling for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in the state created buzz as the legal team of Murugan made a fuss when the officials reached the treasurer’s place, saying they did not have the proper papers for a search.
The raids happened after the election commission had gotten a tip-off that there was movement of money at the residence.
Meanwhile, Income Tax officials continued their searches in parts of KarnatakaFriday, even as Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy claimed that not even Rs ten unaccounted money was found in the raids.
In a pre-dawn swoop Thursday, I-T sleuths had carried out coordinated raids at many locations across Bengaluru, Ramanagara, Kanakapura, Mandya, Mysuru, Hassan and Shivamogga. "It has not concluded yet," an I-T official said without divulging any detail.
Taking to the streets, Kumaraswamy had on Thursday staged a protest in front of the I-T department here in the first such protest by the State chief minister in recent memory.
The crackdown came within a day after Kumaraswamy claimed Wednesday night that the I-T raids had been planned from 5 am on Thursday.