IT raids DMK leader Velu's home, other locations

The I-T department searched premises linked to DMK leader in poll-bound Tamil Nadu. Further details related to the searches are awaited.

Chennai: Sleuths of the Income Tax department on Thursday conducted searches in premises linked to a noted DMK leader in Tamil Nadu, sources said.

The searches over suspected tax evasion began in the morning and it covered multiple premises connected to a prominent leader of the main opposition DMK, based in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvannamalai district.

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Further details related to the searches are awaited.

Assembly elections are scheduled on April 6 in Tamil Nadu and over the past few weeks, several premises associated with others, including political functionaries, have been searched in the state by income tax investigation officers.

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