1. I-T searches at premises of Tangedco officials
Sleuths of Income Tax (I-T) Department began searches at the premises of a few contractors and suppliers of Tangedco in Chennai. In Thoothukudi, an engineering firm that erected conveyor belt to take coal from V.O.C. port to Tuticorin Thermal Power Station is under scanner.
The searches came close on the heels of the hearing of the bail petition of Minister V. Senthilbalaji who formerly handled electricity portfolio prior to his arrest by the Directorate of Enforcement in a cash-for-jobs scam in June. In a separate development, the Minister was denied bail by the court in Chennai later in the day.
