<div align="justify">Energy Minister D K Shivakumar on Monday turned up before the income tax department in connection with the raids on his premises.<br /><br />He arrived at the Income Tax office on Queen’s Road with D K Suresh, his brother and MP, and was questioned for about four hours.<br /><br />Shivakumar later told reporters his auditors would submit all documents sought by the tax officials.<br /><br />“They said they would call me for questioning if required... They have not instructed me to appear again,” he said. In a series of raids that made national headlines, officials searched several premises belonging to the Congress strongman and his associates in Bengaluru, Sathanur, Kanakapura, Mysuru and Delhi. <br /><br />“This is not the first time. I have appeared before tax officials in the past,” Shivakumar said. The raids began on August 2 and concluded on August 5. Shivakumar’s confidants Dwarakanath and S Ravi, who is also an MLC, were among those questioned at the tax office on Monday.<br /><br />300 officials, 66 locations<br /><br />Between August 2 and 5, close to 300 officials swooped down on 66 places, including Shivakumar’s mansion in Bengaluru and apartment in Delhi.<br /><br />They tracked him down to Eagleton Resort near Bidadi on Mysuru Road, where he was hosting Congress MLAs from Gujarat.<br /><br /></div>
<div align="justify">Energy Minister D K Shivakumar on Monday turned up before the income tax department in connection with the raids on his premises.<br /><br />He arrived at the Income Tax office on Queen’s Road with D K Suresh, his brother and MP, and was questioned for about four hours.<br /><br />Shivakumar later told reporters his auditors would submit all documents sought by the tax officials.<br /><br />“They said they would call me for questioning if required... They have not instructed me to appear again,” he said. In a series of raids that made national headlines, officials searched several premises belonging to the Congress strongman and his associates in Bengaluru, Sathanur, Kanakapura, Mysuru and Delhi. <br /><br />“This is not the first time. I have appeared before tax officials in the past,” Shivakumar said. The raids began on August 2 and concluded on August 5. Shivakumar’s confidants Dwarakanath and S Ravi, who is also an MLC, were among those questioned at the tax office on Monday.<br /><br />300 officials, 66 locations<br /><br />Between August 2 and 5, close to 300 officials swooped down on 66 places, including Shivakumar’s mansion in Bengaluru and apartment in Delhi.<br /><br />They tracked him down to Eagleton Resort near Bidadi on Mysuru Road, where he was hosting Congress MLAs from Gujarat.<br /><br /></div>
