The Income Tax Department has raided some businesses linked to family members of Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and some real estate developers on charges of alleged tax evasion, official sources said.

They said the searches are being conducted in Mumbai, Pune, Satara and a few other cities of in Maharashtra and Goa. The premises linked to business groups such as DB Realty, Shivalik, Jarandeshwar Sahkari Sugar Karkhana (Jarandeshwar SSK) and businesses linked to Pawar''s sisters are being covered under the ongoing operation, the sources said.