CHENNAI: Diamond jewellery and Rolex watches were found in cupboards inside unoccupied hostel rooms of a women's college in Tiruvarur district on Friday as the income tax department's searches continued on propterties owned by convicted AIADMK member V K Sasikala and her relatives and associates in Tamil Nadu.
An I-T official said the department had so far seized Rs 6 crore in cash, 8.5kg of gold worth Rs 2.4 crore, and documents relating to investments worth Rs 1,200 crore, to back the possession of which the owners could not provide any source of income.
One of the searches was conducted at the hostel of Sengamala Thayaar Educational Trust Women's College, owned by Sasikala's brother V Dhivaharan, at Sundarakottai in Mannargudi, the family's native village. Several valuables found hidden in unused hostel rooms were seized, said sources, "They include diamond jewellery and Rolex watches. We are in the process of assessing their value," said an official.
Interestingly, I-T officials got the lead about the presence of valuables at the college from 12 protesters who had objected to their entry to the college campus. They had said I-T officials would plant valuables in the college to trap Dhivaharan. The protesters were arrested.
Meanwhile, searches were concluded at 50 of 188 premises on Friday. However, 'Operation Clean Money' is set to continue in most places, including Sasikala's Kodanad tea estate in the Nilgiris, which was partly owned by late CM J Jayalalithaa, on Saturday.
Many incriminating documents relating to shell firms were seized from the premises of the Jaya TV MD, Sasikala's nephew Vivek Jayaraman, and his sister Krishna Priya. Their mother Ilavarasi is convicted along with Sasikala in the disproportionate assets case.
An I-T official said the department had so far seized Rs 6 crore in cash, 8.5kg of gold worth Rs 2.4 crore, and documents relating to investments worth Rs 1,200 crore, to back the possession of which the owners could not provide any source of income.
One of the searches was conducted at the hostel of Sengamala Thayaar Educational Trust Women's College, owned by Sasikala's brother V Dhivaharan, at Sundarakottai in Mannargudi, the family's native village. Several valuables found hidden in unused hostel rooms were seized, said sources, "They include diamond jewellery and Rolex watches. We are in the process of assessing their value," said an official.
Interestingly, I-T officials got the lead about the presence of valuables at the college from 12 protesters who had objected to their entry to the college campus. They had said I-T officials would plant valuables in the college to trap Dhivaharan. The protesters were arrested.
Meanwhile, searches were concluded at 50 of 188 premises on Friday. However, 'Operation Clean Money' is set to continue in most places, including Sasikala's Kodanad tea estate in the Nilgiris, which was partly owned by late CM J Jayalalithaa, on Saturday.
Many incriminating documents relating to shell firms were seized from the premises of the Jaya TV MD, Sasikala's nephew Vivek Jayaraman, and his sister Krishna Priya. Their mother Ilavarasi is convicted along with Sasikala in the disproportionate assets case.
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