Chennai:
The house on Y Block street near Aiyappan temple in Anna Nagar wore a desolate look with a lone policewoman standing with a walky-talky at the entrance of the street with barricade.
“There has been some activity inside,” confided a neighbour as few reporters and camera crew waited outside to catch a glimpse of the suspended chief secretary P Rama Mohan Rao or the income tax officials who have been investigating the sand mining links of Rao.
Interestingly, during the day, beacon on top of the car of former chief secretary was removed immediately after his successor was named.
“We have finished the raids at his house,” said a income tax source. Similarly, raids in other places have also ended.
Unlike the raids which were carried out with the help of Central Reserve Police Force on Wednesday, the current raids were being carried out with the help of state policemen.
“The raids have been restricted to four or five places today ,” Income Tax sources said as rumours have been gaining ground of Rs 200 crore being seized from an advocate house in Valsaravakkam.
“We have not seized any amount till now,” said sources. It is learnt that during the raids conducted in last two days only Rs 30 lakh of currencies and 2 kg of gold was seized from Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh.
Meanwhile, Enforcement Directorate (ED) said they will enter the investigation against the former chief secretary based on the preliminary report which the income tax department is likely to file tomorrow.
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