<h1>Karnataka Deputy CM Backs Home Minister Amid ED Raids, Asserts Innocence in Gold Smuggling Probe Allegations</h1> Karnataka's Deputy Chief Minister publicly defended the Home Minister during Enforcement Directorate raids related to a money laundering investigation involving a gold smuggling case. He claimed the minister is 'clean and honest' and may have only gifted money during a family event. The raids targeted an educational trust allegedly linked to the minister, with suspicions of fund diversion and undocumented credit card payments. The ruling party pledged to fight the investigation legally and politically.