The Income Tax Department has raided the houses of Power Minister Senthil Balaji, his brother and more than 40 places belonging to government contractors.

Senthil Balaji, who is currently serving as the Minister of Electricity, was accused of accepting bribes to get a job when he was the Minister of Transport in the previous AIADMK regime. In this regard, the Supreme Court has ordered that a special investigation committee should be set up to investigate the money fraud case against Senthil Balaji. In this case, the income tax department has suddenly raided the places belonging to Minister Senthil Balaji.

The income tax department has been raiding the parents’ house of minister Senthil Balaji in Rameswarapatti near Manmangalam in Karur district since morning. Similarly, officials are conducting raids at Minister Senthil Balaji’s residence in Ramakrishnapuram. Due to this, after canceling the municipal corporation meeting, DMK officials including Mayor Kavita Ganesan gathered at the residence of Minister Senthil Balaji and there is commotion.

Similarly, officials raided the house of Minister Senthil Balaji’s brother Ashok Kumar in Ramakrishnapuram. Then, when an official entered the house with a bag from the car, the DMK workers who had gathered there stopped him and asked him what was in the bag and started an argument.

They then vandalized the car of the Income Tax officer. As a result, the Income Tax officials went back without checking. Similarly, the DMK officials chased away the Income Tax officials who came to raid the houses of Corporation Deputy Mayor Dharani Saravanan, Kongu restaurant owner Mani and Kalipalayam Periyasamy. As a result, the officers went back without conducting a search in those areas.

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Similarly, 22 places belonging to contractors and friends close to Minister Senthil Balaji are being searched in Coimbatore. More than 10 officers in two teams are raiding the house and offices of Senthil Balaji’s supporter Senthil Karthikeyan in Goldwins area of ​​Coimbatore.

Revenue department officials are conducting raids on the farm house of Minister Senthil Balaji’s friend Aravind in Kaliyapuram near Pollachi and the Kalquari of Minister Senthil Balaji’s relative in Pangapatti near Kinathukadavu.

In Karur, the DMK protested when the officials stopped the income tax audit. DMK stopped the officials who came for the audit and took shelter in the police station seeking protection. It has been reported that in 22 places in Karur, the inspection has not been done in 9 places.