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I-T searches at V.V. Minerals group premises

A view of the beach mineral godown of VV Minerals at Muthiahpuram in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu. File

A view of the beach mineral godown of VV Minerals at Muthiahpuram in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu. File   | Photo Credit: N. RAJESH

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The raids are being conducted after a tip off on huge tax evasion by the group .

The Income Tax department is conducting searches at over 100 places belonging to V. V. Minerals owned by S. Vaikundarajan, a Thoothukudi-based businessman.

The I-T department raids comes after a tip off on huge tax evasion by the group .

A Senior IT official told The Hindu that searches are on in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. He added that the groups news channel is also under the I-T department’s lens.