Chennai sources have reported that on Thursday, a team of income tax officials began raids at Jaya TV office in Chennai, former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalitha's Kodand estate and several premises belonging to the family members of jailed AIADMK leader VK Sasikala and her supporters. Accordingly I-T officials were searching the residence of Sasikala's husband M. Natarajan in Thanjavur and her niece Krishnaprati’s house in T. Nagar in city.
Meanwhile the residence of sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran at Mannai Nagar in Mannargudi, Sasikala's brother Dhivakaran's house at Sundara Kottai and the premises of their supporters were also being searched. A total of 80 places were being searched.
I-T officials said that around 10 officials of the
income tax investigation department entered the office of Jaya TV at
Ekkatthuthangal in Chennai around 6am. They also searched the office of AIADMK
mouthpiece "Dr Namadhu MGR" situated on the same building. Moreover
the I-T officials were searching the residence of Sasikala's nephew Vivek
Jayaraman, who controls Jaya TV, and Jazz Cinemas owned by her family members.
