Income Tax teams, sources said, are being assisted by CRPF personnel and no information is being shared with the state police or agencies. (Representational image)
The Income Tax department conducted searches at more than 50 locations in Chhattisgarh, including premises of senior IAS officials, Deputy Secretary to the Chief Minister and the Mayor of Raipur, on Thursday and Friday.
The ongoing searches have unsettled the state bureaucracy and increased tensions between the ruling Congress and the Opposition BJP, each accusing the other of corruption and vengeful politics.
Income Tax teams, sources said, are being assisted by CRPF personnel and no information is being shared with the state police or agencies.
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel called a meeting of the state Cabinet which said the searches were politically motivated. Baghel and his ministers went to Governor Anusuiya Uikey to submit a letter, requesting her to step in and stop the “damage to the democratic structure” of the country.
“The alleged I-T employees have been raiding properties belonging to senior officers including people working in the CM's office,” the letter stated. Calling the searches…
