S P Velumani (PTI)
Tamil Nadu Chennai News Live Updates: The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption police in Tamil Nadu searched as many as 52 places of former Tamil Nadu Municipal Administration Minister SP Velumani on Tuesday morning. As per reports, the raids are in connection with corruption allegations against Velumani.
According to reports, close to 35 places have been raided in Coimbatore in areas like Thondamuthur, Vadavalli, etc and 15 places in Chennai and one place apiece in Dindigul and Kancheepuram. The officials reached Velumani’s Chennai residence at around 7 am and hundreds of supporters gathered outside as the searches began.
A case has been registered against 17 people, including the minister and his brother.
Tamil Nadu Finance Minister PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan published a white paper Monday on the state’s finances and said that there has been “fiscal mismanagement” during the AIADMK regime over the last decade. Thiagarajan said the approach must change if the state had to break out of the vicious cycle of increasing debt and interest rates.
READ | Tamil Nadu publishes white paper on economy, blames AIADMK regime for ‘fiscal mismanagement’
After returning from Tokyo to India, Olympian Dhanalakshmi Sekar broke down into tears upon learning about the death of her sister on Sunday. The 22-year-old, who was a reserve for the 4x400m mixed relay team, returned to Gundur village near Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu from the Olympic Games along with another sprinter, Subha Venkataraman. Within a few minutes after meeting her family, Dhanalakshmi came to know the tragic news: her sister Gayathri had breathed her last on July 12.
READ | Olympian Dhanalakshmi’s sister passes away; breaks down on return to India
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