Bengaluru: Income Tax Department on Thursday raided the office and house of senior JD(S) leader and MLC BM Farooq. He is also a prominent businessman hailing from Mangaluru.

A team of six officers today raided Farooq’s Fiza Developers and Infrastructure office at Brigade road in the city.

Simultaneously, his residence at Nanjundappa circle was also raided by the officers.

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Gadag: In an incident reported from near Lakshmeshwar town the district, a Dharwad-based 25-year-old youngster was allegedly murdered by slitting his throat. The reason for the crime is yet to be ascertained.

The victim, identified as Muhammad Farooq Sheikh Sanadi, a native of Harlapura village in Kundagola taluk, Dharwad district, was currently residing in Shigli village.

Gadag Deputy Superintendent of Police Murthuka Khadri has visited Lakshmeshwar and inspected the crime scene. Police have put forth the possibility that the miscreants killed Sanadi by slitting his throat and later dumped his corpse in a field near the town.

A case has been registered by the police, who are investigating the incident to find the guilty.

The locals are worried as two separate murder incidents have been reported from the Lakshmeshwar Police Station limits in one night.