Former Tamil Nadu minister’s house raided

Chennai: DMK leader and former Tamil Nadu minister K.P.P.Samy’s house was Friday raided by vigilance officials following charges of his accumulating assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, an official said.

In a statement issued here, the anti-corruption wing of the state government said: “On specific information that K.P.P.Samy, former minister for fisheries, had accumulated assets in his name and in the name of his family members, disproportionate to his known sources of income, a discreet enquiry was conducted by the DVAC (Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption).”

According to DVAC, a case has been registered against Samy based on the outcome of the enquiry for accumulating movable and immovable assets in his and in the name of his family members to the tune of Rs.29,52,820 between June 1, 2006 to March 31, 2010, while he was the fisheries minister.

During the investigation, search was conducted at the house of Samy here and evaluation of the house is also being carried out, DVAC said.

Since the AIADMK came to power in May 2011, DVAC has raided the residences of several former DMK ministers, including D. Duraimurugan, K.N. Nehru, T.M. Anbarasan, K. Ponmudi, N. Suresh Rajan, Pongalur N. Palanisamy, M.R.K. Panneerselvam, K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran, K.R. Periakaruppan, A. Tamilarasi, Thangam Thenarasu and N.K.K.P. Raja.