The Enforcement Directorate has seized several incriminating documents during searches at the residences of power department officials on the basis of allegations of a Rs. 908-crore fraud in the transportation of coal from Visakhapatnam to Tamil Nadu during the AIADMK regime from 2011-2018.
Chennai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at the residences of Electricity Board officials in connection with a scam in the purchase of coal during the AIADMK regime.
The ED had registered the case on the basis of allegations of fraud of Rs. 908 crore in the transportation of coal from Visakhapatnam to Tamil Nadu during the AIADMK regime from 2011-2018.
A raid was conducted at the residences of officials of The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) in Chennai on April 24 in connection with the scam.
Digital and property documents have been seized, the ED said. The ED has also seized documents relating to a fixed deposit of Rs. 360 crore of South India Corporation.