The income tax department on Thursday raided the offices and residences of Balraj Kundu, an Independent MLA from Meham in Haryana, in Rohtak.

The CBDT claimed it had detected alleged tax evasion of around Rs 125 crore.

Kundu is a vocal supporter of the ongoing farmer’s agitation against the new central farm laws.

In February last year, he had withdrawn support to the BJP-led M.L. Khattar dispensation in Haryana, saying he was “deeply hurt” with the government giving a “clean chit” to those involved in the alleged corruption in sugar which he had flagged.

Haryana police, in October 2020, had booked the MLA and three others in a cheating case.

The FIR was registered in Gurgaon based on a complaint from a resident of the city, the police had said.

The MLA had said the FIR was because of “political considerations”.