The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is carrying out raids at the residences of Karnataka Congress leader DK Shivakumar and his brother DK Suresh in Bengaluru in an alleged money laundering case, reports ANI. Their premises have been raided earlier too.

Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala lashed out at state chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, calling the raids a ‘game of intimidation’. “The insidious game of intimidation & machinations of Modi-Yeddyurappa duo being executed by a puppet CBI by raiding @DKShivakumar  won’t deter us. CBI should be unearthing the layers of corruption in Yeddyurappa Govt. But, ‘Raid Raj’ is their only ‘Machiavellian Move’ !,” Surjewala said.

Calling CBI, ED and the IT department  the ‘frontal organisations’ of the BJP, Surjewala added, “Let Modi & Yeddyurappa Govts & BJP’s frontal organizations i.e CBI-ED-Income Tax know that Congress workers & leaders will not be cowed down nor bow down before such devious attempts.”

Last year, raids were carried out on the premises of DK Shivakumar and his brother in Delhi and Bengaluru. The brothers have said that the raids are ‘political vendetta.’