Chennai: The Income Tax officials raided the office block of the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at Poes Garden residence on Friday night. A senior official said that among the protesters of the members of AIADM, The AIADMK leader VK Sasikala was jailed and police detained her.
The following inputs were carried out in a room search operation in the block of the office, and in the “Ved Nilayam”, Poes Garden residence. We did not search the entire Poes Garden premises, our team went to 9 o’clock and only the Poongundran’s room, the record room and other rooms used by Sasikala were searched.
The advocate representing the Sasikala has requested the IT department to allow them to be present as witnesses and assist where necessary. They were denied permission, and they were asked to return by the police.
The Poes Garden Residence was reportedly nearly empty, there were only two people. A seizure involves a laptop and the search will end soon, the I-T official said.
After discovering multi-city searches in 187 places related to ten under-tax asses groups, it is discovered that people belonging to Sasikala, his relatives and some colleagues are involved. As the circulation of reports of income tax raids, the V. K. Sasikala and TTV Dhinakaran faction raised the question that why Jayalalithaa’s house is being targeted. That is, many opposition party members believed Jayalalithaa’s house and heritage was being humiliated.
