In the first major operation after the DMK returned to power, the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption police launched simultaneous searches on the premises of former State Transport Minister M.R.Vijayabhaskar.
After registering a disproportionate assets case against the former AIADMK Minister, DVAC officials commenced searches at 21 places, including many in Karur and Chennai.
His house at Andankoil and his dyeing unit in Karur were among the premises, where the DVAC personnel were conducting the searches since morning. The houses of Mr. Vijayabhaskar's parents and his brother at Andankoil too are being searched.
Sources said that searches were being carried out at about 20 premises in Karur district.
Mr. Vijayabhaskar contested from the Karur Assembly constituency and lost to Senthil Balaji of the DMK.