Income Tax sleuths on Wednesday raided premises linked to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Rajya Sabha MP Ahmad Ashfaque Karim at multiple locations in Bihar on Wednesday.
The MP is the main trustee and the founder chancellor of Katihar-based Al Karim University, Bihar.
Officials were tightlipped about the raids.
The probe agency had earlier raided the premises of Karim in connection with the land-for-job scam involving RJD supremo Lalu Prasad and his family members.
A statement by the department said: “Patna directorate started the search action at Al Karim Educational Trust, which runs and manages Al Karim University and Katihar Medical College. The main office of the trust is in Patna. The trust also runs a school of paramedical and allied health sciences, and a school of information technology and management. The main trustee is Ahmad Ashfaque Karim....”
“Teams are searching their office records and computers and it is too early to give any leads. Teams of IT officers/officials from Bihar, Jharkhand, and Delhi have been inducted for the operation and security cover has been provided by a central paramilitary force,” it said.
