Taxmen search office block at Jayalalithaa's residence

Income Tax sleuths on Friday conducted searches in the office block of the Poes Garden residence of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.

Following inputs, a search operation was launched in the office block and a room used by jailed and deposed AIADMK leader V K Sasikala at "Veda Nilayam," the Poes Garden residence.

"We have not searched the entire Poes Garden premises. Our team went at 9 pm and only Poongundran's room, records room and other room used by Sasikala were searched," the top Income Tax official said.

Poongundran had served as an aide of the former chief minister. The seizure included a laptop and the search would be concluded soon, he added.