New Delhi: The Income Tax department raided the residence of the brother of a Congress candidate for Karnataka elections and found Rs 1 crore cash stashed in a box and hidden on a tree. According to a report by NDTV, the I-T department raided the residence of Subramania Rai, brother of Karnataka Congress leader Ashok Kumar Rai in Mysuru. Ashok Kumar Rai is the Congress candidate from Puttur constituency for the upcoming state polls.
Ahead of the Karnataka elections, police have conducted a string of raids and has seized over Rs 110 crore in cash so far. According to the Chief Electoral Officer of Karnataka, as many as 2,346 FIRs have been filed with regard to the seizures.
Earlier on April 13, the Bengaluru Police caught two persons with Rs 1 crore unaccounted for cash in an auto in near the City Market area.
In a similar incident, I-T department carried out raids at the office of a real estate developer in Hubballi.
According to a report by India Today, the I-T raids came a day after the department conducted raids at two residential premises of former Congress leader Gangadhar Gowda and an educational institution in Belthangady of Dakshina Kannada. The education institution belongs to the son of Gangadhar Gowda, Ranjan Gowda.
It is to be noted that the Karnataka Assembly elections will be held on May 10 and the results will be announced on May 13.
Meanwhile, addressing a public meeting in Uttara Kannada district earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the “abuse culture” of the Congress and urged the people of Karnataka to punish those indulging in abuse, while casting their vote.
"Will anyone in Karnataka accept this abuse culture? Will anyone like abusing someone? Does anyone like even a small man being abused? Will Karnataka forgive those abusing? What will you (people) do this time? Will you punish them? Will you punish the abusers?... When you press the button in the polling booth, punish by saying 'Jai Bajrangbali'...," news agency PTI quoted PM Modi as saying.