Hyderabad, July 22 -- One of India's largest media houses, the Dainik Bhaskar group is being subject to scrutiny as the income tax department carried out multiple raids in their offices in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Delhi on Thursday morning.

The IT department conducted searches at over 30 locations, including at the news organization's offices at Bhopal, Indore, Jaipur and Ahmedabad, reports said.

The officials from the IT department remarked that the raids were carried out following the information they obtained that the Dainik Bhaskar Group and its associate companies have allegedly been evading taxes, thus indulging in tax fraud.

Apart from the offices, the IT teams are also investigating the residential pr...