More than a fortnight after it conducted a five-day search, the I-T department reopened sealed rooms at an educational institution linked to the Tamil Nadu Minister for Highways and Minor Ports, E.V. Velu, in Kilnachipattu village near Tiruvannamalai town on the Vellore-Thoothukudi Highway on Wednesday.
Sources said that around 11 a.m., a team of six I-T officials in three vehicles reached the campus of Arunai group of educational institutions in the village. More than two dozen personnel from Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Armed Reserve (AR) of the district police were deployed inside the campus.
Wednesday’s reopening of the sealed rooms by I-T officials is restricted to the Minister’s camp office and Arunai group of educational institutions which is linked to Mr. Velu. Along with his residence, the Arunai group of educational institutions houses medical, engineering and pharmacy colleges and schools on its campus. Sources said three rooms on the campus had been sealed by the I-T officials during their previous five-day search that started on November 3.
