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JDS condemns IT raids on party leaders and PWD office JDS condemned the IT raids on the residences of the party leaders and PWD office in Hassan. The targets of the raids were CS Puttaraju, Mandya district in charge minister, and a few officials allegedly close to PWD minister HD Revanna. MYSURU/MANDYA/HASSAN: Twelve hours after chief minister HD Kumaraswamy expressed fear of Income Tax (IT) raids on the residences of the party leaders especially from Mandya, multiple teams carried out searches in various parts of the Hassan, Mandya, and Mysuru districts. But IT department was yet to confirm the searches.According to the JDS sources, the search operation started at 5am at Chinakuruli village, the native village of minister Puttaraju near Pandavapura. Additional police personnel are sent to convince the agitating activists.Meanwhile, CS Puttaraju is on his way to Mysuru to meet the senior leaders of the party including CM HD Kumaraswamy to discuss the future course of action..