The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) filed a chargesheet in the disproportionate assets case against former AIADMK Health Minister and sitting MLA of the Viralimalai assembly constituency, C. Vijayabaskar, and his wife Ramya, in Pudukottai, on Monday, May 22, 2023.
The chargesheet was filed based on a case booked against the two under different sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, earlier. The charge against Mr. Vijayabaskar is that he, along with his wife, had amassed wealth in their names and that of their family members in the form of movable and immovable properties to the tune of ₹35.79 crore, disproportionate to their known sources of income.
A DVAC team of the Pudukottai unit led by Deputy Superintendent of Police G. Imayavarman filed the 210-page chargesheet along with supporting documents before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Pudukottai .
