Shivakumar, however, did not name the MLAs who were reportedly approached by the BJP
The Siddaramaiah government on May 23 notified minority religion status to Lingayats amid protests by some sections of the community
Other accused are Sachin Narayan, Anjaneya Hanumanthaiah and N Rajendra
Shivakumar first grabbed the headlines when he contested community strongman H D Deve Gowda in the 1985 Assembly election
Officials conducted searches at 10 locations in Bengaluru, Chennai and Delhi
Tax sleuths describe operation as a marathon exercise, say raids almost done pending formalities
Earlier, the Congress accused the BJP of buying and threatening their MLAs
Siddaramaiah objected to the use of CRPF without keeping the state police in the loop
Suresh also said that the Congress has extended support to Shivakumar and family assuring assistance
Rs 8.33 cr cash seized from Delhi, Rs 2.5 cr from Bengaluru and Rs 60 lakh from Mysuru till now
The raid was also carried out at the residence of Shivakumar's father -in-law today
The officials also searched the residence of the Shivakumar's personal assistant
Congress claimed that the raids were an attempt to terrorise its Gujarat MLAs ahead of state polls
Opposition accused the Modi government of misusing central agencies to muzzle dissent
Preliminary reports suggest I-T dept recovered Rs 7.5 cr from D K Shivakumar's properties
IT department's clarification came after Congress termed the raids as 'political witch-hunt of BJP
They said only the minister's room in the resort was searched and not of the MLAs from Gujarat