Summary:
Chennai, Sep 16 (PTI) The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) on Thursday held searches at over 20 premises and locations related to former AIADMK Minister K C Veeramani, including at his native Jolarpettai in Thirupatthur district in connection with a disproportionate assets case, police said.
The opposition party hit out at the ruling DMK for its "vendetta" against the AIADMK and claimed the searches were aimed at preventing its workers in the respective districts from working in full vigour for next month"s civic polls.
Veeramani, who held the Commercial Taxes portfolio in the 2016-21 AIADMK government in Tamil Nadu, is the third former party minister to come under the DVAC net, the others being MR Vijayabaskar (Transport) and SP Velumani (Municipal Administration).
Vigilance sleuths held searches at over 20 locations in Thirupathur and Chennai among others, police said.
The charge against Veeramani is that he amassed disproportionate assets during the check period, i.e.
2016-21 to the extent of around Rs 28 crore, or over 600 per cent.