Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi has accorded sanction for prosecuting two former AIADMK Ministers C. Vijayabaskar and B.V. Ramanaa against whom the CBI had registered cases in the gutkha scam case.
The State Cabinet had forwarded the CBI’s request for sanctioning prosecution of the two former Ministers to the Governor’s Office in September last year. A note submitted by the Union Home Ministry in the Supreme Court on Monday said the Governor had accorded sanction on November 13 this year.
However, as for another file sent in September last year seeking sanction to prosecute former AIADMK Minister K.C. Veeramani in a case filed by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC), the Raj Bhavan sought “an authenticated investigation report” on July 7 this year.
