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What the IT found during raids on Jaya TV and Sasikala’s aides

By Vicky

| Published: Friday, November 10, 2017, 10:09 [IST]

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The Income Tax department has found incriminating material during its raids on the Jaya TV office and other places that were conducted on Thursday.

Media personnel stand guard in front of the "Jaya TV" where IT officials conducted a raid, in Chennai on Thursday. Armed police personnel have been deployed on the premises of Jaya TV, which is controlled by the family of jailed AIADMK leader V.K. Sasikala. Photo credit: PTI

Incriminating documents relating to shell companies were found during the raids. The officials are now scrutinising the documents and will soon question those involved.

The raids were conducted at 187 places under 'Operation Clean Money,' by a team of 1,800 IT officials. Sources in the IT department say that there were complaints about shell companies, dubious investments, fund flow and fudging of accounts by Jaya TV, started by former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and currently controlled by the family of Sasikala.

The raids went off peacefully and IT officials say that the Tamil Nadu government was extremely helpful. The IT officials raided almost all aides of Jayalalithaa including her personal secretary Poongundran and physician Dr Shivakumar.

The prominent places to be raided were:

Jaya TV at Ekkatthuthangal in Chennai
The residence of AIADMK leader T T V Dhinakaran at Mannai Nagar in Mannargudi.
Sasikala's brother Dhivakaran's residence at Sundara Kottai
Residence of Vivek Jayaraman in Chennai
Jazz Cinemas owned by Sasikala's family members.
Residence of Pugazhendi, Karnataka AIADMK secretary
Office of Dr Namadhu MGR
Hill retreat of Jayalalithaa, Kodanad estate
Sasikala's elder brother Sundaravadanam's residence in Gandhi Nagar in Pudukkottai
Sasikala's husband M Natarajan's Thanjavur residence