28 crore bribery case ED conducts raid in ex-Minister Vaithilingam's house

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raid in the premises of former AIADMK minister Vaithilingam. It is held today based on the complaint of his involvement in illegal money transactions.
It is held at his house in Thanjavur-Orthanadu area, his room in the MLA Hostel in Chennai and his son's house.
The DVAC police registered a case against Vaithilingam for taking a bribe of Rs 27.90 crore for granting permission to build flats.
In this case, the ED is currently conducting an investigation.
From 2011 to 2016, he served as the Housing and Urban Development Minister in the AIADMK regime led by former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. In 2016, when a private company sought planning permission to build flats in Chennai's Perungalathur, a bribe of Rs 27.90 crore was said to be paid to Vaithilingam, who was then a minister.
The complaint was lodged by Arapor Iyakkam. 
It is alleged that the account shows that the bribe money was given as a loan to the company in which Vaithilingam's sons Prabhu and Sanmuga Prabhu were directors. 
It was also reported that they had bought properties in many places with that money.
Based on this complaint, the DVAC police conducted an investigation and registered a case under 5 sections against 11 persons including former minister Vaithilingam, his sons Prabhu, Sanmuga Prabu, Panneerselvam and Ramesh from private companies.
He is a supporter of former Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam and was selected as an MLA in the last assembly election from Orathanadu constituency.
Today, Income Tax officials are conducting inspections in the offices of industrial companies in various districts across Tamil Nadu. 
As a result, the income tax department is conducting raids in places including Musiri owned by Ilangovan, a close friend of former CM Edappadi Palaniswami. 
Ilangovan explained that the annual audit was going on in his MIT college for the last 3 days and no IT raid was held. 
Income Tax officials are also conducting raids at Ilangovan's residence in Coimbatore.