Fifth day of I-T raids on TN minister E.V. Velu

The Income tax (I-T) raids continued for the fifth consecutive day on Tamil Nadu Public Works and Highways Department Minister, E.V. Velu. The properties linked to Velu at Tiruvanamalai were searched on Tuesday by Income Tax officials.

On Monday, IT officers had searched the Tiruvanamalai home of EV Velu’s son Kamban. Kamban is the Director of Arunai Medical College and Hospital in Thiruvannamalai. Reports stated that the home of Kamban has been under scrutiny by IT officials since Friday night last week. As per reports, a financier named Suresh is also under the IT scanner and his office in Gandhipuram and house at KVP Nagar at Tiruvanamalai have been searched.
The IT raids on EV Velu began on November 3 and he is the fourth senior DMK leader to come under the IT scanner recently. Raids took place on more than 40 locations on November 3.

At a party booth meeting on Monday, Tamil Nadu CM and DMK leader M.K. Stalin said in a speech read out by Udhayanidhi, “Since DMK and the INDIA front was exposing the anti-people policies of the BJP, they are trying to intimidate opposition parties. Through raids, they presume DMK can be intimated like the DMK. But we are unfazed by these threats.”