Kodagu: Income Tax department sleuths on Wednesday conducted a surprise raid at the business and residential premises of SLN Group managing directors Vishwanathan and Sathappan in the town.

Vishwanathan and Sathappan are relatives of senior Congress leader and former Union Minister P Chidambaram. The officials have seized a few documents.

Not to alert anyone about the raid, the I-T officials arrived in well-decorated cars giving everyone an impression that they were a wedding party. Even Kodagu police did not have information on the raid. The Mysuru police were brought for security.

The raid was conducted on SLN Coffee Works, SLB Eden Garden, SLN Timbers, SLN Petrol Bunk, SLN Real Estate and two other places. The officials were scrutinising the documents related to various properties belonging to SLN group. The I-T officials did not provide details on searches to mediapersons.