The Income Tax department has been conducting searches at the residences and offices of persons close to Minister Senthil Balaji at various places in Coimbatore, including Goldwins, Race Course, Sowripalayam and Thondamuthur.
Coimbatore: The Income Tax department is conducting searches at the residences of people close to Minister Senthil Balaji for the third consecutive day.
The Income Tax department has been conducting searches at the residences and offices of persons close to Minister Senthil Balaji in Chennai, Coimbatore and Karur for the past three days.
As part of this, searches are being conducted for the third day at the residence of Senthil Karthikeyan, a supporter of Senthil Balaji, in Goldwins area of Coimbatore.
Similarly, income tax officials are conducting searches for the third day at Pricol apartments in Race Course area where Senthil Balaji's friend Aravind lives.
Searches are also being conducted at Aravind's office in Sowripalayam and Thondamuthur area. Similar raids are also being conducted at a de-addiction centre run by Aravind's wife Gayathri.
Similarly, income tax raids are also being conducted in Pollachi, Kinathukadavu and other places. It is also said that the test is likely to continue tomorrow.