The Income Tax (I-T) Department on Friday conducted searches at the premises of Shiv Sena corporator Yashwant Jadhav and his wife, Sena MLA Yamini Jadhav, in Mumbai on charges of tax evasion.
According to sources, several teams of department officials conducted the raids against Mr. Jadhav, who is the standing committee chairman of the cash-rich, Sena-controlled city civic body; Ms. Jadhav, who represents Byculla; their close aides; and other Brihanmumbai Corporation (BMC) contractors since the early hours.
The raids come close on the heels of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) interrogation and arrest of Maharashtra Minister and senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Nawab Malik.
