Video claims minister was tipped off

A video appeared on social media on Thursday in which a woman, who had her face covered, claimed that she had warned Karnataka minister CS Puttaraju about possible raids. She claimed that a cabbie had tipped her about large number of SUVs being booked for Thursday for trips to Hassan, Mandya and Shivamogga and that "his hunch was that the vehicles had been booked to transport I-T officials".

JD(S) leaders were not available for comment. On Wednesday, the CM had claimed that he had information about "up to 300 I-T personnel" planning a swoop to intimidate netas ahead of the polls.