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Amid political slugfest, I-T department seizes crores in raid in Bengaluru

The contractor is a relative of R. Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy (centre), former MLA of Pulikeshinagar in Bengaluru.

Income Tax sleuths raided the properties linked to a prominent contractor in the city in the early hours of Friday and recovered cash, speculated to be over ₹40 crore.

The contractor, R. Ambikapathy, is the office-bearer of multiple contractors’ associations in Karnataka that had made the “40% commission” allegation against the previous BJP regime.

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