IT raid at Congress candidate's brother's house in Karnataka: One crore rupees recovered, hidden in a box in a tree

In Karnataka's Mysore, the Income Tax Department has recovered Rs 1 crore from the house of Congress candidate Ashok Kumar Rai's brother. Ashok Kumar is the Congress candidate from Puttur. Income Tax officials raided the house of his brother Subramaniam Rai on Wednesday. Here he found one crore rupees kept in a box on a tree. A video of this has surfaced.

What is shown in the video...

In this video, the income tax officer reaches the house of Subramaniam Rai and sees the tree in his garden. In this, a box is seen placed between the dense branches. The officers ask the women of the house what is this? Is this cash? Who put this here?

Officer says madam we are asking questions, you answer. To this a woman replies that I have kept it. Officer asks who gave you to keep it here and what instructions were given to you? The video ends before the woman can answer this.

IT raids have been going on in Karnataka for the past several weeks

Karnataka has assembly elections on 10 May. Due to this, the code of conduct has been implemented. Under this, it is not allowed to move large amounts of cash from one place to another without proper paperwork.

Due to this, the raids of the Income Tax Department are going on to confiscate illegal money and the police is also active in this matter. On April 13, the Bengaluru police recovered Rs 1 crore in illegal cash from two men. The seizure was made from an auto from City Market area.