Chennai: Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption sleuths carried out raids at a house in Chennai, belonging to a contractor of Chennai Corporation.
According to sources, the searches were conducted in connection with the ongoing investigation into the corruption cases against former Minister SP Velumani.
DVAC officials said that that the search was carried out in the house of one Vetrivel in MGR Nagar in the city. The raid was carried out based on information gathered during last week searches conducted by the DVAC against Velumani and his brother and their associates.
DVAC launched simultaneous searches on the premises of former Velumani and that of his associates at 52 places in Chennai, Coimbatore and other places early on Tuesday.