The Income Tax (I-T) department, investigating the owner of the lockers, Avinash Amarlal Kukreja, says the documents received during the raid have provided crucial clues for some ongoing high-profile cases.

The investigation is now probing a large-scale money laundering scam, involving a few top politicians, including a Cabinet minter in the Karnataka government. According to club officials, a man claiming to be the minister’s aide paid a discreet visit to the club demanding documents from the lockers on the night of the raid.

All this because Avinash Kukreja forgot to renew his locker subscription.