New Delhi: In Delhi, IT officials raided four places, including an address in Safdarjung Enclave and another at R.K. Puram in Delhi, said sources. Around Rs 8.33 crore cash had already been recovered from Mr. Shivakumar's Delhi offices and residences on Wednesday over which he was grilled in Bengaluru. The minister claimed he knew nothing about the cash and that the house in Delhi did not belong to him.
Officials said some of the documents recovered during the raids in the capital are being scrutinised by its special wing to track alleged illegal transactions of the minister. These documents will be used in the questioning of the minister and his close associates.
There is suspicion that the minister may have allegedly bought property through a benami route in the city. IT department is looking into benami transactions and may book the minister under the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act. There is also a provision of attaching illegal property under the Benami Act and also arresting the accused. IT official are also looking to take the help of Enforcement Directorate in alleged instances of money laundering by the minister in Singapore and other foreign countries.
