Mandya: I-T raids on close aides of Karnataka JDS ministers

Mandya: I-T raids on close aides of Karnataka JDS ministers

Published : Apr 16, 2019, 11:37 AM IST

After several raids on the residences of the Congress-JDS coalition government leaders in Karnataka, the I-T department officials now raided the houses of JD(S) zilla panchayat member Thimmegowda and zilla panchayat president Nagrathna Swamy in Mandya
 

Mandya: The Income Tax (I-T) department on Tuesday morning conducted raids on the house and fuel station of JD(S) zilla panchayat member Thimmegowda in Mandya. Also, the house of zilla panchayat president Nagrathna Swamy was raided in Mandya by the I-T officials. Thimmegowda is a close aide of JD(S) minister CS Puttaraju. Swamy is a close aide of another JD(S) minister DC Thammanna.

After the announcement of the Lok Sabha polls, several I-T raids have been conducted on the premises of various contractors in Mysuru, Mandya and Hassan districts in Karnataka. Some of them are said to be supporters of the JD(S).