<p>Income Tax officials on Saturday conducted searches at the Hassan District Cooperative Central Bank, which has JD(S) leaders on its board, sources said.</p>.<p>This comes just days after the schedule for Assembly polls in Karnataka was announced as the Model Code of Conduct came into effect across the state on March 29.</p>.<p>Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda's grandson and former state minister H D Revanna's son Suraj Revanna,who is also the JD(S) MLC, party MLA C N Balakrishna and former JD(S) MLC Patel Shivaram are among the directors of the cooperative bank, the HDCC website shows.</p>.<p>Sources said the I-T officials are checking the files since Friday and continued their operation on Saturday. They also seized some documents.</p>.<p>There was deployment of police at the bank and no person other than bank authorities were allowed to enter the premises, sources added.</p>.<p>Neither the bank officials nor the I-T sleuths were available for comment.</p>
<p>Income Tax officials on Saturday conducted searches at the Hassan District Cooperative Central Bank, which has JD(S) leaders on its board, sources said.</p>.<p>This comes just days after the schedule for Assembly polls in Karnataka was announced as the Model Code of Conduct came into effect across the state on March 29.</p>.<p>Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda's grandson and former state minister H D Revanna's son Suraj Revanna,who is also the JD(S) MLC, party MLA C N Balakrishna and former JD(S) MLC Patel Shivaram are among the directors of the cooperative bank, the HDCC website shows.</p>.<p>Sources said the I-T officials are checking the files since Friday and continued their operation on Saturday. They also seized some documents.</p>.<p>There was deployment of police at the bank and no person other than bank authorities were allowed to enter the premises, sources added.</p>.<p>Neither the bank officials nor the I-T sleuths were available for comment.</p>