Bhubaneswar: Officials of the Income Tax (I-T) department reportedly quizzed BJD MLA Dipali Das’ brother at Odisha’s Jharsuguda town today.
The I-T sleuths quizzed the legislator’s brother Bishal Das at a hotel at Jharsuguda for around four hours.

The officials also questioned an associate of Bishal and carried out simultaneous raids at various places in Rourkela, Sundargarh, Sambalpur and the capital city here.

Altogether four teams from the I-T department, comprising at least 15 officials, conducted the raids.

However, there was no official statement from the I-T department regarding the raids and the reasons behind the questioning of the Jharsuguda MLA’s brother.

Notably, Dipali, the daughter of late minister Naba Das, is now seeking re-election from Jharsuguda Assembly seat on a BJD ticket.