Liquor Scam: Enforcement Directorate searches TASMAC offices, Tamil Nadu govt approaches Supreme Court
The Tamil Nadu government has gone to the Supreme Court against the order of the Madras High Court that gave a free hand to the agency in the probe.
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday raided a minimum of 10 places, including the put of remark-go liquor retailer Tamil Nadu Mutter Marketing Company (TASMAC) Managing Director S Visakan, movie producer Akash Baskaran, SNJ Distilleries, and authorities contractors in reference to the alleged Rs 1,000 crore liquor scam.
It is mandatory to trace that the reach comes per week after the Madras Excessive Court docket instructed the ED to proceed with its investigation into the scam beneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The court moreover brushed aside a petition by TASMAC and the DMK dispensation hunting for to picture the raids as “unlawful.” In line with the reports, the ED officers recovered printouts of WhatsApp chats reach IAS officer Visakan put, containing facts connected to TASMAC’s liquor procurement.
In line with the officials, the raids are in continuation with the searches by ED at TASMAC headquarters within the first and 2d week of March. They additional added that the probe is now excited in regards to the money expertise avenues of the remark-go liquor.
Along with Visakan, Akash Baskaran, producer at Daybreak Images and linked to the DMK’s first family, became once moreover searched by the ED.
Tamil Nadu Executive Moves Supreme Court docket
The Tamil Nadu authorities has long previous to the Supreme Court docket in opposition to the convey of the Madras Excessive Court docket that gave a free hand to the company within the probe. “The subject will be taken up for listening to in two or three days,” a senior Supreme Court docket registry first rate instructed TNIE.
The remark has filed its charm in opposition to the April 23 convey of Justices SM Subramaniam and K Rajasekar of the Madras HC, dismissing the petitions filed by the remark authorities and Tasmac in opposition to the raids conducted from April 6 to eight at just a few places, including Tasmac headquarters.
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