Chennai: A day after DVAC raids against S P Velumani and his associates, it has emerged that the AIADMK leader and the former Minister faces two more complaints.
While one was made by Tamilnadu Assembly Speaker M Appavu with the DVAC alleging multi-crore corruption by Velumani in replacing 23.72 lakh street lights in village panchayats across the State with LED lights, the other was by a contractor who alleged that Velumani had cheated him of Rs 1.25 crore on the promise of assigning civil contracts. Probe is being conducted on both complaints, sources said.
Sleuths of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) on Tuesday conducted at the residential and business premises of Velumani and his associates in his native Coimbatore and other places in the State.
The simulaneous raids, which began in the morning, were held in about 60 places in Chennai, Coimbatore and other places in the States.