IT raids the houses of BJP leaders in Uttara Kannada 

Officials of the Income Tax department on Tuesday raided in four places in Uttara Kannada district and seized the cash and documents it is said.

All those persons whose houses and business premises are the close aides of Anant kumar Hegde, union minister and BJP candidate from Uttara Kannada. The raids were conducted in Sirsi and Siddapur towns. In Siddapur the IT officials carried out raid on the house of K. G. Naik, district BJP president.

In Sirsi the raids were conducted on the house of R. V. Hegde, president of Sirsi Rural unit in Chipagi village and also on the house of Krishna Esale district general secretary of BJP. House of Munaf a resident of Gowdalli village in Sirsi taluk who is an associate of Anant kumar was also raided by the IT sleuths. The house of Krisha Esale is situated in front of the house of Anant kumar Hegde in KHB colony in Sirsi.

Officials have seized huge cash from the cars and the house of these leaders, the initial reports said. Money was kept in three cars parked outside the houses of these leaders it is said. The IT officials had come from Goa and Hubballi and had conducted simultaneous raids on the premises of these leaders it is said.