Chennai: Sleuths of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption raided 14 premises connected with former Minister P Thangamani in Namakkal, Erode and Salem on Monday, just five days after conducting a series of searches at 69 places across the State.
Sources said that raids at offices and houses of Thangamani’s friends and relatives were based on evidence gathered during the earlier searches. However, unlike the searches on December 15, the DVAC did not come out with a statement on any seizures or detection of excess income.
Meanwhile, AIADMK Co-coordinator Edappadi K Palaniswami lashed out at the DMK government for being desperate to arrest former Ministers belonging to the AIADMK by foisting cases against them.
In a statement he referred to the case relating to AIADMK Virudhunagar West district secretary K T Rajendra Balaji and alleged that the police were harassing his relatives even after the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court had expressed displeasure over the arrest of two relatives and a driver.
Palaniswami said Balaji had moved the Supreme Court for bail, which was his legal right, and that the police were showing desperation in arresting him in connection with the false case.
