Officials of the Income Tax department on May 3 conducted searches at multiple premises, including the residence of Public Accounts Committee chairman and Raiganj MLA Krishna Kalyani.
The raids started in the morning and continued for almost 12 hours till late in the evening. Along with the search at Mr. Kalyani’s house at Raiganj in Uttar Dinajpur district, raids were conducted at premises linked to his business partner in Malda district. At one point during the search, the MLA came out of his balcony and waved to mediapersons outside his house.
Mr. Kalyani contested the 2021 Assembly poll on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket. In October 2021, he joined the Trinamool Congress.
