Income Tax department official are presently conducting search and seizure operations at Siddhartha Group of Institutions owned by senior Congress leader and former Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara in Tumakuru. A four-member team are also conducting searches at Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology and Sri Siddhartha First Grade College in Tumakuru. Sources said raids were also on at a group of educational institutions owned by senior Congress leader R.L. As opposition Congress has alleged “politics of vendetta,” the session is expected to be stormy. “I have come to know that Siddhartha Group is being raided.

Source: The Hindu October 10, 2019 05:37 UTC