IT raid on houses of close aides of Ramesh Jarkiholi?
Bengaluru, Jan 29: It is reported that Income Tax sleuths conducted raids on the houses of some people, said to be close associates of former minister Ramesh Jarkiholi on Tuesday.
It is said that the IT department has served notices to 165 persons in nine villages of Gokak taluk due to which, local leaders have left their homes on Monday night itself.
IT officials have said to be conducted raids in Gujanala, Akkatangerhal, Ankalagi, Madawala, Dasanatti, Kundaragi, Mallapura and other villages.
IT officials have raided on the houses of the close aids of Jarkiholi and collected documents related to 1,500 acres of land, more than 200 tractors and other properties, sources said.
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Senior Congress MLA, former Minister Shamanuru Shivashankarappa passes away
Bengaluru (PTI): Veteran Congress leader Shamanuru Shivashankarappa passed away at a private hospital here on Sunday due to age-related ailments, official sources said.
He was 95 and represented the Davanagere South Assembly constituency. He had been undergoing treatment at the hospital for some time.
Shivashankarappa is survived by three sons, including S S Mallikarjun, Karnataka Minister for Mines and Geology and Horticulture, and four daughters.
His daughter-in-law, Prabha Mallikarjun, is the Member of Parliament from Davanagere.
A former minister, Shivashankarappa, served as treasurer of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) for several decades and was the president of the All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha, the apex body of the influential Veerashaiva-Lingayat community.
He was also a noted educationist who established several educational institutions and was an industrialist.
