The Income Tax Department raided at 70 places in eight Indian states for investigation against the charges that were made on former Jharkhand CM and MP for having disproportionate assets, on Saturday.

IT Department Director Ujjal Kumar Chaudhary said that his team is currently probing Madhu Koda and his liaisons Vinod Kumar Sinha and Sanjay Chaudhary for havind disproportionate properties at 70 places of eight cities of the country.

He further added that the search operation is based on the intelligence reports received recently.

Naxals strike again in Jharkhand village and killed four people including a girl and a woman at Bundu, about 50 km from Ranchi.

Superintendent of police, Anup T Mathew said, “Two college students, a girl and a housewife were shot dead late on Thursday night. Empty cartridges found near the bodies point to Maoists' work.”

As per the Prime Minister and Home Minister P Chidambaram, Naxal threat is one of the major threats to the nation’s internal security system after the cross border terrorism.