Inder Singh Parmar, MP’s higher education minister, claims Indian sailor Vasulun discovered America, not Columbus, and Vasco da Gama followed a Gujarati merchant to India. Parmar argues that Indian students are taught incorrect history and plans to remove references to Columbus and Vasco da Gama from educational materials.

The federal agency alleged in a statement that it has “found” documents related to about half-a-dozen houses, flats and a farmhouse owned by the doctor couple during searches conducted against them and their “close relatives” on September 6 at seven locations in Kolkata.

It all began with a social media post by an organic products firm, who claimed that a woman, identifying herself as a personal secretary in the CMO, called to highlight a complaint from “Siddaramaiah’s sister.”