India, May 22 -- Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara on Thursday said he will extend his complete cooperation to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) which has been carrying out searches at 16 locations, including educational institutions linked to him.

Among the premises raided by ED on Wednesday were the Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Siddhartha Medical College in Tumakuru and Siddhartha Medical College in Begur, as well as the Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education, a deemed-to-be university. Parameshwara is the chancellor of the deemed-to-be university to which the colleges are affiliated.

According to ED officials, their probe has revealed the trust which runs the institutions had paid Rs.40 lakh to clear Kannada actor ...