The Income Tax (I-T) department on Wednesday conducted searches on premises belonging to a few contractors and suppliers of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) and the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco).
While the officials did not disclose details, it is learnt that in Chennai, the I-T department conducted searches in 11 places, including the house of Tangedco’s financial officer Kasi. According to sources in the Electricity department, the officials searched the offices of contractors engaged by Tangedco, including Radha Engineering, VS Enterprises, Adinath Steel and Abijenix Bio Solutions, and offices at Egattur, Jafferkhanpet, Anna Nagar and Mathur.
In Thoothukudi, I-T officials conducted surprise checks in the offices of a private firm that built a conveyor belt for taking imported coal from the VOC Port to the Tuticorin Thermal Power Station (TTPS).
