The Enforcement Directorate conducted raids on Thursday targeting AIADMK leader and former Tamil Nadu minister C Vijayabaskar, as well as a Chennai-based real estate group, as part of separate money laundering investigations, according to official sources.
Around 25 locations are being covered by the central agency in connection with these two cases. Vijayabaskar, a former health minister and influential AIADMK figure from Pudukottai in Tamil Nadu, is the subject of the raids stemming from a 2022 state vigilance (DVAC) probe related to allegations of possessing disproportionate assets.
He has previously faced allegations in the “gutkha scam” investigated by the CBI.
Additionally, properties associated with the Gsquare real estate group and linked entities in and around Chennai are also being searched as part of a probe under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), as per the sources.
