The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) has booked former AIADMK Ministers S.P. Velumani and C. Vijayabaskar in two different cases. The two are the sitting MLAs from Thondamuthur and Viralimalai respectively.
Agency sleuths conducted simultaneous searches on the premises of both politicians and their associates in different locations across the State on Tuesday.
The allegation against Mr. Velumani, the former Minister for Municipal Administration and Water Supply, and nine others, against whom the agency registered a criminal case, is that he awarded contracts injudiciously to companies associated to him, causing the exchequer a loss of ₹500 crore.
