Lokayukta police raid Yeddyurappa's son-in-law's

Police attached to the Karnataka Lokayukta (ombudsman) today raided the residence and office of scam-hit former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa's son-in-law R Sohan Kumar in Bangalore to search for evidence in cases of graft.

According to a Lokayukta spokesperson, they were searching the house at Vijayanagar (in west Bangalore) and office at Sheshadripuram (in city centre) for documents relating to graft cases against Yeddyurappa and relatives.

The raids started early today, he said.

According to Lokayukta soruces, four separate Lokayukta teams conducted searches at Prerana Chambers, two offices of Davalagiri properties and Sahyadri healthcare in the city.

Davalagiri properties is jointly owned by Sohan Kumar and Yeddyurappa's sons B Y Raghavendra, MP and B Y Vijendra.

According to Yeddyurappa he came to know yesterday that raids would be conducted.