After TN IT raids, 12 more AIADMK (Amma) leaders under scanner

Following the report submitted by the IT department in connection with the raids that it conducted in Tamil Nadu, 12 AIADMK (Amma) ministers and MLAs are likely to come under the scanner. The ruling party's ministers and MLAs in Tamil Nadu are being watched by the IT department after last week's raids, sources informed OneIndia.

During the raids conducted several incriminating documents had been seized. The names of several more ministers and MLAs were found as per the documents that are currently in the possession of the IT department.

Sources said that complaints are being filed against several ministers and MLAs following the raids. The IT department will conduct another raid. However it would first wait for the Election Commission of India to take a decision whether the R K Nagar by-elections scheduled for April 12 will be countermanded or not.

IT department officials recovered documents and other material which showed that at least Rs 85 crore had been pumped into the elections. While health minister Vijay Bhaskar's house had been raided, IT department officials say that this was just a tip of the ice-berg. More raids are in the offing, the official also informed.

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