Madikeri, Apr 27: Income Tax officers arrived in style — and incognito — to raid coffee growers in Kodagu on Wednesday. A team of 40 I-T officials and cops from Mysuru and KR Nagar posed as a wedding party to gain entry into the premises of SLN Coffee and conduct a surprise raid.
The raid began at 8am and the team searched the homes and properties of the SLN Coffee Group at Koppa and Kushalnagar, near Pollibetta and coffee export centres of the company. The coffee works unit in Kudige was also raided. The raids were also conducted on alli ed businesses of the group, which include a petrol bunk and Purple View Hotel in Kushalnagar, and Eden Garden resort near Guddehosur.
Sources said a team of I-T officials also searched the home of Sathappan and Vishwanathan's parents in Chettinad in Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu.The brothers are said to be distant relatives of a former Union minister in the UPA government.
Raids were also carried out at the CP Coffee Exports, owned by a person identified as Jawahar, at Kudige Industrial Estate area.
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