The Income Tax Department has initiated an investigation into the alleged distribution of pressure cookers in the Bengaluru Rural Lok Sabha constituency as an election-related inducement. A leading home appliances manufacturer has been summoned to provide information on the production and distribution of cookers. The probe comes as the constituency gears up for a contest between sitting Congress MP D.K. Suresh and BJP candidate Dr. C. N. Manjunath.
Income Tax Department Probes Alleged Distribution of Cookers in Bengaluru Rural Ahead of Elections
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