India, June 19 -- The income tax (IT) department on Thursday conducted raids at 19 locations across Odisha and Delhi linked to family members of former Odisha health minister Naba Kishore Das, who was shot dead in 2023. The operations are part of an ongoing investigation into alleged tax evasion related to transportation and other business activities.

More than 60 vehicles with teams, including 120 IT officers and 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel from Bhubaneswar and Raipur, were deployed across various sites.

The raids, which began at 5 am on Thursday, were conducted simultaneously at 19 locations, including Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, and Delhi, in connection with the business dealings of the ex-health minister'...