CBI conducts searches in TN in cash-for-votes case

CBI carries out searches in Tamil Nadu in a cash-for-votes case during 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The case was probed by the Income Tax department and local police

Chennai:The CBI is carrying out searches at multiple locations in Tamil Nadu in connection with a cash-for-votes case during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, officials said Thursday.

The central agency has taken over the investigation from the state police, they said.

The case was probed by the Income Tax department and local police, they added.

More details awaited

(PTI)