DMK seeks ED probe into corruption allegations against former AIADMK ministers

Chennai: The DMK has approached the Madras High Court on Thursday with a plea to direct the Enforcement Directorate to register money laundering cases against former AIADMK state ministers and initiate a thorough probe.

The ruling party’s Rajya Sabha MP R Girirajan has moved the court with separate petitions seeking action against former AIADMK state ministers: S P Velumani, P Thangamani, C Vijayabaskar, M R Vijayabaskar, R Kamaraj, K C Veeramani, and K P Anbalagan, and former AIADMK legislator Sathya, on the basis of corruption cases pending against them.

"Unless the court intervened and directed the authorities to initiate proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, the illegal proceeds generated through corruption may remain uninvestigated, thereby seriously affecting public interest," Girirajan contended.

Hence, the court should direct the registering of an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, against the said persons, for the conduct of a thorough investigation into the proceeds of crime "generated through acts of corruption, bribery and accumulation of disproportionate assets," and to take appropriate action in accordance with law, he said.