An election commission squad, along with income tax and enforcement directorate officers, on Tuesday carried out searches in two hotels in Hubballi where State minister DK Shivakumar and some Congress and JD(S) leaders were staying.
The officers seized from the rooms in the hotels gold utensils and other materials allegedly meant for bribing voters. Karnataka water resource minister DK Shivakumar (Congress) was staying at one of the hotels when the raid took place. Speaking to PTI, the minister said, "The I-T officials had carried out searches in my room as well as in rooms of other congress cadre."