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The searches were carried out at 22 premises in Coimbatore, Erode, Chennai and Namakkal of the group and their associates, including a civil contractor

I-T raids on the BJP worker comes at a time when political parties have accused Modi govt of misusing investigative agencies to target rivals in the Lok Sabha pollsI-T department raids office and residences of BJP worker Krishna Esale in Karwar in Uttar Kannada district

CBDT says received a tip-off that cash, that ‘was to be used in the election’, was kept at the accountant Gurappa Naidu’s residenceDuring the inquiry, Naidu revealed that in his capacity as a cost accountant he was also giving services to TDP MP Galla Jayadaev

The unaccounted cash was unearthed from premises of Kamal Nath's OSD Praveen Kakkar, nephew Ratul Puri and associated firmsSearches by the income tax department were started on April 7 at 52 locations

The revenue department also urged the poll regulator to advise its officials to take immediate action if they come across instances of illicit money use in electionsThe opposition parties led by the Congress party have accused BJP led union government of misusing agencies

The racket is involved in collection of unaccounted wealth, says income tax departmentThe department also says a part of the ₹281 crore that the racket had collected was sent to the headquarter of the political party

Earlier, Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy raised fears about possible raids on Congress and JD(S) functionaries 'I would like to know which BJP leader's house in Karnataka has been raided,' Puttaraju said

I-T raids on offices of SPK group, whose director is a relative of CM Palaniswami, has raised eyebrows

Income tax raids on 187 properties of Sasikala have sparked allegations that the BJP at the centre is attempting to threaten AIADMK through 'selective I-T raids'

Income tax raids that began on Thursday on properties belonging to jailed AIADMK leader V.K. Sasikala and her family members continue for the fifth day on Monday