Income-Tax (I-T) Department Raids on Congress Leader G. Parameshwara

Bengaluru: Teams of Income-Tax (I-T) Department sleuths searched properties of senior Congress leader G. Parameshwara for alleged tax evasion by education institutions owned by him and his family, an official said on Thursday. “Officials of our department’s investigations wing are conducting search and seize operations at Siddhartha Group of Educational Institutions run by Parameshwara at Tumakuru and Nelamangala in Bengaluru Rural district,” an official told here on the condition of anonymity. Searches are also reportedly underway at the offices of educational institutions run by veteran Congress leader R.L. Jalappa in Kolar and Chikkaballapura districts in the state’s southern region. Parameshwara told reporters here that his family informed him about searches being carried out at his residence in the city and office at Tumakuru, (IANS)

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