Bengaluru, April 30 -- The Madras high court on Wednesday ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into allegations of a fraud amounting to Rs.397 crore in the procurement of distribution transformers by the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) during the tenure of DMK's V Senthil Balaji as the state electricity minister between 2021 and 2023.

A bench of Chief Justices SA Dharmadhikari and G Arul Murugan ordered the State Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC), that had been probing the matter until now, to "hand over" all papers and records related to the case to CBI.

The bench also said the CBI must conduct its probe "earnestly and expeditiously."

The High Court issued the dir...