Congress MP from Tamil Nadu Jothimani on Saturday alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state chief K Annamalai collected about Rs 1.75 crores on the pretext of 'padayatra'.
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) spokesperson Saravanan Annadurai slammed the BJP for the IT raids and said that they were jittery ahead of the elections in the five states.
The search operations have been conducted at the residence of Padma, sister of late DMK leader Vasugi Murugesan, businessman Suresh's office in Gandhipuram area and also at his residence in KVP Nagar.
Karur district has been receiving widespread moderate rainfall for the past two days. Since Saturday morning, moderate rainfall has lashed various places across Karur and heavy rainfall has been experienced at some places. It continued to rain even at night.
The search operations launched by the Income Tax department have been underway for the second consecutive day in Tamil Nadu's Karur and Thiruvannamalai districts on Saturday.
Karur residents on Wednesday opposed new sand quarries in the Cauvery River bed area - 16.05-hectare sand quarry at Nerur North Village, Karur District, 24.00-hectare sand quarry at Manmangalam, Achamapuram area.
Enforcement Directorate officials are conducting searches at a palatial house in Karur, which is reportedly being built by Minister Senthil Balaji's brother Ashok Kumar.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted raids at the residence and financial office of Tamil Nadu minister Senthil Balaji's personal assistant Shankar in Karur district in connection with its ongoing money laundering investigation.
On May 26, when Income Tax officials raided various premises linked to minister Balaji in Karur, his supporters attacked the Income Tax officials. A video of this has also gone viral on social media.