Income tax department officials raided the house of Tamil Nadu chief secretary P Rama Mohana Rao in Chennai on Wednesday. The raid follows after the arrest of prominent businessman Shekhar Reddy, closely linked to senior bureaucrats and ministers, after seizing around 34 crore in new notes and 164 kg of gold.
Rao was the secretary to the chief minister for around 5 years before he was made the chief secretary in June this year overlooking a dozen senior contenders for the post.
The officials part of the raid, which began before sunrise at Rao’s house in posh Anna Nagar area of Chennai, has not so far has not reported any major seizures yet.
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The Income Tax department conducted searches at over a dozen locations in connection with its tax evasion probe against the son and a few other relatives of Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary P Rama Mohana Rao.
"A total of 13 premises are being searched," a senior official said, adding the premises connected to Rao's son and other relatives are part of the operation.
The searches, they said, are related to the department's probe in the biggest haul of cash and gold here post demonetisation, in which over Rs 142 crore unaccounted assets have been recovered so far.
