DHARWAD: Eight persons, said to be close associates of ex-minister Vinay Kulkarni, were questioned by CBI officials at suburban police station here on Saturday. The investigating team questioned them for more than six hours in two shifts.
Yousuf Hulgur, Hanumanth Koravar, Chandrashekar Indi from Vijayapura, Basavaraj Muttagi, Youth Congress leader Sourabh, rowdy-sheeter Muktum Sogalad, Somshekar Nyamgouda who was personal secretary to Vinay when the latter was the minister and Kulkarni’s younger brother Vijay Kulkarni were summoned by the CBI team and interrogated.
Sources said all of them were questioned separately in the morning and together post-lunch.