Income Tax Department team has raided the residence of senior Congress leader and MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi at Sector 15. In addition, his residence in Kothi and Gurugram has also been raided in Adampur.

His house has been cordoned off by the police and the Income Tax Department is under investigation. Police is stationed outside Kuldeep Bishnoi's Kothi and the gate has been closed from inside. In Adampur, Kuldeep Bishnoi's son, Bhavya Bishnoi, is also reported to be locked inside the house. Mobile phones of all family members have been closed. According to information, the Income Tax team along with the police force reached the residence of Sector 15 in the morning. It is reported that Kuldeep Bishnoi's residence in Gurugram is also going to be raided.

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Everyone's mobile phones were received when they tried to contact their family members. How long the team will carry out raids and what comes out in the search operation is not yet clear. No family member was reported to have been arrested by the team and the team was on its own. Today, the appalling Bishnoi was visiting several places. He has been making preparations for the assembly elections in the past one week. On Tuesday morning, he was getting ready to go on a tour when the Income Tax team arrived. The team refused to go out until the investigation went on.

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Posting on social media network Facebook, Kuldeep Bishnoi's wife and MLA Renuka Bishnoi wrote, "Our residence has been raided, urging activists not to panic. "It's fair politics and will continue to do it,"' a crowd of supporters gathered outside the house of Adampur Kuldeep Bashley shortly after Renuka's post. The appalling Bishnoi once came out with an officer and then went back in. Supporters have also started arriving outside Sector 15's residence. Additional police force may also be called in if the crowd increases.

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