Chennai, June 25 -- Officials of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) on Thursday conducted raids at the premises of senior DMK leader and former Tamil Nadu Highways and PWD Minister E V Velu in a disproportionte assets and alleged irregularatities in road contract works case.
The DVAC has registered disproportionate assets and corruption case Velu, 10 Highways department officials, and a contractor over alleged misappropriation of funds through payments made for road works that were allegedly not executed in 2022.
This is the first corruption case registered by the DVAC against any former Ministers after Chief Minister Vijay-led TVK stormed to power, defeating both the DMK and the AIADMK in the recent Assembly election...