Court allows DVAC to conduct further probe in case against ex-Minister Vaithilingam
A designated court for corruption cases has accorded permission to the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) to conduct further investigation “as expeditiously as possible” in the ₹27.9-crore corruption case involving R. Vaithilingam, who was the Housing Minister in the AIADMK regime, and submit a report in three months.The court passed orders on a petition filed by the DVAC, seeking permission to investigate the case further. Vaithilingam, currently a DMK legislator, was the Minister for Housing and Urban Development in the AIADMK regime from 2011 to 2016.The investigating agency had registered a case against him on September 19, 2024, for an alleged offence he had committed while serving as Minister.Mr.
- ▪A designated court for corruption cases has accorded permission to the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) to conduct further investigation “as expeditiously as possible” in the ₹27.9-crore corruption case involving R.
- ▪Vaithilingam, who was the Housing Minister in the AIADMK regime, and submit a report in three months.The court passed orders on a petition filed by the DVAC, seeking permission to investigate the case further.
- ▪Vaithilingam, currently a DMK legislator, was the Minister for Housing and Urban Development in the AIADMK regime from 2011 to 2016.The investigating agency had registered a case against him on September 19, 2024, for an alleged offence he
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A designated court for corruption cases has accorded permission to the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) to conduct further investigation “as expeditiously as possible” in the ₹27.9-crore corruption case involving R. Vaithilingam, who was the Housing Minister in the AIADMK regime, and submit a report in three months.The court passed orders on a petition filed by the DVAC, seeking permission to investigate the case further. Mr. Vaithilingam, currently a DMK legislator, was the Minister for Housing and Urban Development in the AIADMK regime from 2011 to 2016.The investigating agency had registered a case against him on September 19, 2024, for an alleged offence he had committed while serving as Minister.Mr.
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