Kapurthala Feb 6 (PTI) The Income Tax Department on Thursday conducted raids at the residence of Congress MLA and former Punjab Minister Rana Gurjeet Singh here, according to sources.

Raids were also conducted at his other premises in Chandigarh, they said.

Teams of the Income Tax Department began their raid operation Thursday morning. ITBP jawans were deputed outside his residence, the sources said.

During the raid operation, no one was allowed to leave the premises.

Singh is an MLA from Kapurthala seat. He had remained minister in the previous Congress government.

His son Rana Inder Partap Singh is an Independent MLA from Sultanpur Lodhi. PTI COR CHS NB

Income tax raid at a sitting MLA's residences restricts movement during searches, prompting multiple-premises investigations. Income Tax Department teams conducted coordinated searches at the residence and other premises of a sitting legislator and former state minister, with law enforcement deployed to secure locations and individuals present were not permitted to leave during the operation; the action comprised contemporaneous raids across multiple sites associated with the political officeholder.