Immense money withdrawals in the course of the most recent 10 days by open works temporary workers, for the most part in southern areas, which went to the notice of the Income Tax Department, was what incited the quests on Thursday, I-T sources said. The inquiries on temporary workers, purportedly connected with Public Works Minister H.D. Revanna and Minor Irrigation Minister C.S. Puttaraju, produced political warmth with both the JD(S) and Congress pioneers, driven by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, hammering the office and blaming the Center for abusing official hardware. The same number of as 13 temporary workers and five open works engineers were searched by the salary charge sleuths at 21 areas that spread over Mysuru, Mandya, Hassan, Chikkamagalur, and Shivamogga locale on Thursday.
Sources in the office said that looks proceeded in certain areas on Friday as well and was probably going to be finished by night. Sources said that huge measures of cash coming into the temporary workers’ accounts from the legislature, and withdrawal of the equivalent was seen amid the most recent two months. Be that as it may, the power of withdrawals had expanded over the most recent 10 days. We additionally had data about PWD engineers requesting that contractual workers submit charges rapidly with the goal that cash could be discharged, while numerous different temporary workers who had finished works and submitted bills were trusting that the cash will be discharged, sources said. By and large, sources stated, however, charges have been submitted, work has not been executed on the ground. In different cases, the time between the honor of agreement and bill accommodation is suspect.
Not simply the arrival of assets, the way in which works were granted are additionally being investigated. We are checking with the temporary workers where the cash that has been pulled back has gone. The money trail and how the money pulled back from the bank was utilized is currently being examined. We may likewise test whether the work was finished or was an unimportant bill created, sources said. At the point when gotten some information about I-T looks having a political shading given the planning, with only 20 days left for the primary period of surveying, an I-T official said the ventures were a piece of decision use observing. The EC additionally orders to counteract money getting created and going into the framework without appropriate documentation, said the source. In the interim, a contractual worker who was sought on Thursday said every one of the individuals who was influenced was a piece of a casual gathering that executed street works. He likewise recognized that he has now been approached to demonstrate where the cash has followed withdrawal.