The district election officials have seized ₹1 crore from the house of a panchayat president on Friday night and intimated the Income Tax department about the same.
Following a tip received at the district control room, a team of election officials conducted a search at the house of the Ettarai panchayat president A. Divya, 30. As the cash seized was more than ₹10 lakh, the officials notified the Income Tax Department as per protocol.
District Collector M. Pradeep Kumar told presspersons that they were awaiting a detailed report by the I-T department. A case would be filed based on the findings of the department.
Meanwhile, the Musiri police have filed a case on Ms. Divya’s husband Anbarasu, 43, of the AIADMK, Sivaprakasam, 50, and Prathap, 41, for obstructing and threatening a police team when they tried to search their vehicle near Musiri Periyar bridge on Friday.
Sources said Mr. Anbarasu is a close relative of former AIADMK Minister M. Paranjothi.
