Bengaluru: Income Tax (IT) officials on Thursday conducted raids on former Karnataka Chief Minister SM Krishna’s son-in-law, VG Siddhartha’s, firms here for tax evasion, a senior official said.
“Raids were ongoing and officials are searching for evidences of tax evasion,” IT Joint Commissioner S Ramesh said here.
“Raids were ongoing and officials are searching for evidences of tax evasion,” according to TV reports . Over 20 locations in Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai and Chikmagalur are being raided.
Siddhartha, a businessman, is the founder-owner of the Cafe Coffee Day chain of outlets.
The firm’s main office in the city’s Vittal Mallya Road along with few other locations were being raided.
Details about the raids would be disclosed only after the searches were over, said an official.
Former External Affairs Minister Krishna joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in March after ending his 46-year-long association with the Congress.