Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu's Vellore were cancelled on Tuesday after crores in cash was seized in the constituency from a DMK candidate's office days before voting on April 18.

The Election Commission Monday recommended to the President that elections be cancelled after Vellore police filed a complaint against Kathir Anand and two DMK workers on the basis of a report from the Income Tax department on April 10.

Anand was charged under the Representation of the People Act for giving "wrong information" in his election affidavit, the police said.

The commission's recommendation was sent to the legislative department of the law ministry Tuesday, which issued the notification.

The Tamil Nadu chief electoral officer has now been informed about the decision. He will, in turn, inform the political parties and candidates about the notification, sources in the government said.

On March 30, Income Tax officials had conducted searches at the residence of Anand's father Durai Murugan over suspected use of unaccounted money for electioneering, and seized Rs. 10.50 lakh in alleged "excess" cash. Two days later, they claimed to have seized Rs 11.53 crore from a cement godown belonging to a DMK leader's associate in the same district.

Murugan, however, said that he had not concealed anything. Questioning the timing of the Income Tax department's operation, he had alleged that the raids were a "conspiracy" by certain political leaders who could not face them in the electoral arena.