Chennai, April 22 -- Stoutly denying as false and misleading, the charges made by TNCC President and Sriperumbudur (R) Assembly candidate K Selvaperunthagai that he was unlawfully confined under the pretext of 'search' operations on April 20, the Income-Tax department has filed a complaint with the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Chennai Greater Chennai City Police Commissioner demanding legal action against him for his defamatory allegations against a government department.
In a statement here, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) referred to Selvaperunthagai's post on X and the subsequent media interaction that he was uinlawfully confined within the constituency and prevented him from discharging his political and election...