Chennai, June 25 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) on Thursday conducted searches at multiple properties linked to former Public Works and Highways Minister E.V. Velu as part of an investigation into allegations of disproportionate assets and suspected irregularities in the award of government contracts during the previous DMK regime. Officials are carrying out simultaneous raids at Velu’s residences and other premises in Chennai’s Alwarpet and his hom…
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Chennai, April 29 (IANS) Denying any wrongdoing in the procurement of transformers during his tenure, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader and former Electricity Minister V Senthil Balaji on Wednesday asserted that all established procedures were strictly followed, even as the Madras High Court ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the alleged Rs 397-crore scam. “There is no room for irregularities, and there has been no loss to the government,” Balaji told reporters, maint…
Chennai, April 29 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into alleged irregularities worth Rs 397 crore in transformer tender procurements during the tenure of Senthil Balaji as Tamil Nadu’s Electricity and Prohibition and Excise Minister between 2021 and 2023. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice S.A. Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan directed the Tamil Nadu Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) to tran…