Shahjahanpur (UP), March 8 : The Income Tax department (I-T) has launched searches at the residence and factory of Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and businessman Vinay Agarwal on Tuesday. The IT team reached the residence and the factory of Agarwal in the morning and searches continued till afternoon. It is being said that Agarwal is considered close to SP president Akhilesh Yadav and was preparing to contest assembly polls from Shahjahanpur. Sources said that the IT team is searching documents at Agarwal’s residence and factory. XC AB GK