NEWDELHI,0CT 10:Tax officials are learnt to be carrying out searches at 16 locations linked to the transport minister in Delhi and Gurugram. Income tax authorities are carrying out searches at 16 locations linked to Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot including his Vasant Kunj house.News agency ANI said searches were also underway at Brisk Infrastructure and Developers Ltd and Corporate International Financial Services Ltd.The raids started early this morning, Delhi government sources said.The searches are learnt to have been conducted as part of a tax evasion probe against two construction firms linked to the minister and others.Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his party alleged the raids were another example of what it called was the BJP’s political vendetta.Kejriwal said nothing had come out of raids that had targeted him and his two cabinet colleagues. “Before the next raid, you should apologise to the people of Delhi for harassing their elected government,” the chief minister tweeted. Arunoday Prakash, the media adviser to deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia made a similar point.“When will you understand Sahab, you won’t be able to bog AAP down with these tactics. AAP has been counting raids since it put you the mat in Delhi and you were left red faced on the massive defeat,” Prakash said.
