Bengaluru: The Income-Tax (IT) Department is conducting raids at several places linked to Karnataka educational institutions.
The raids started on the morning of Thursday June 23.
Both corporate offices and education institute buildings were raided at more than 10 places.
The raids were being conducted following complaints that the institutes were charging heavy amounts of fees from foreign students, were blocking seats and indulged in tax evasion.
Sources said that an I-T officers’ team from the Karnataka and Goa Zone were conducting the raids. A team of 250 officers from the Income Tax Department were involved in the action.
Inputs from IANS
