Bangalore: CBI sleuths have conducted simultaneous raids on former CM BS Yeddyurappa’s residences in Bangalore and at Shimoga on the morning of May 16, Wednesday.

The former CM’s residences at Race Course Road, Dollars Colony and Vinobanagar in Bangalore and  at Shimoga have been targeted while even the offices of Prerana Trust, Bhagat Homes and Dhavalagiri Properties have been raided.

Sources say even the residences of the former CM”s sons Vijayendra, Raghavendra and son-in-law Sohan Kumar are being raided.

The raids come within less than 24 hours after the CBI filed an FIR against the former CM under the MMDR and Prevention of Corruption Act.

Reports also say that the possibilities of the arrest of Yeddyurappa is left to the discretion of the CBI officials who have been given a free hand on the issue.