new delhi incometax authorities on wednesday searched 16 premises linked to delhis transport minister kailash gahlot and claimed to have found rs 35 lakh in cash along with incriminating documents while rs 14 lakh is allegedly linked to the minister the rest belonged to his brother harish alleged sources the department is also probing gahlot for allegedly owning benami property and taking the help of accommodating entries to route illicit funds the sources said we have been tracking the case for threefour years as we came across some entries in financial market transactions that looked suspicious said a government official the searches were conducted at gahlots residences office and other associated premises at least six premises in vasant kunj one each in defence colony and paschim vihar along with those in daryaganj laxmi nagar najafgarh and gurgaon were searched two of the companies associated with the gahlot family are under investigation sources added one of the companies brisk infrastructure developers pvt ltd is dealing in real estate development while the other corporate international financial services ltd is a nonbanking finance company along with the transport minister the other family members facing scrutiny include harish viresh and hitesh gahlot the it department is looking at alleged underreporting of profits by the two companies run by the family members delhi chief minister arvind kejriwal himself a former incometax official called the searches politically motivated and demanded an apology from prime minister narendra modi for constantly troubling aam admi party by getting central agencies to conduct searches on his ministers party sources added that it would be good for the it department to first check his poll affidavit declaration