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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsAs part of the state-wide raids conducted by the DVAC in connection with the alleged illegal granite quarrying by PRP Granites and Exports, special teams conducted searches at six places in Chennai on Saturday. Around 7.30 am, a team, led by DSP Saraswathi and Inspector Jeevanandam, conducted a search at the residence of C Kamaraj, managing director, TN Salt Corporation, Chennai, and formerly collector of Madurai, at South Asian Games Village in Koyambedu.Another team descended on the house of N Mathivanan, director, Department of Sugar, Chennai, and former Madurai collector, at Uthandi on East Coast Road. Simultaneous raids were carried out at the houses of TAMIN officials Samant Babu on Big Street in Triplicane and Manoharan in 13th Sector, Anna Nagar (West).A special team, led by DSP Thirunavukkarasu, raided the residence of another TAMIN official Purushottaman in Alandur. DVAC sleuths also conducted searches at the residence of TAMIN senior accounts officer Pandurangan at Urapakkam. An official release said the “officers abused their position and despite being aware of the large-scale irregularities in the quarrying activities, prepared false reports with a mala fide intention, deliberately concealing the encroachments and illegal quarrying in water bodies in Madurai district.”Kamaraj, who was the then Collector of Madurai, “knowingly and willfully suppressed the material facts in the reports given by his subordinates that there are visible symptoms of illegal mining and sent a blatantly false report to the Government stating that there was no encroachment or illegal quarrying in kanmois/tanks. This was done with an intent to favour illegal quarry operators and thereby caused wrongful loss to Government.first published:September 16, 2012, 08:09 ISTlast updated:September 16, 2012, 08:09 IST
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As part of the state-wide raids conducted by the DVAC in connection with the alleged illegal granite quarrying by PRP Granites and Exports, special teams conducted searches at six places in Chennai on Saturday. Around 7.30 am, a team, led by DSP Saraswathi and Inspector Jeevanandam, conducted a search at the residence of C Kamaraj, managing director, TN Salt Corporation, Chennai, and formerly collector of Madurai, at South Asian Games Village in Koyambedu.

Another team descended on the house of N Mathivanan, director, Department of Sugar, Chennai, and former Madurai collector, at Uthandi on East Coast Road. Simultaneous raids were carried out at the houses of TAMIN officials Samant Babu on Big Street in Triplicane and Manoharan in 13th Sector, Anna Nagar (West).

A special team, led by DSP Thirunavukkarasu, raided the residence of another TAMIN official Purushottaman in Alandur. DVAC sleuths also conducted searches at the residence of TAMIN senior accounts officer Pandurangan at Urapakkam. An official release said the “officers abused their position and despite being aware of the large-scale irregularities in the quarrying activities, prepared false reports with a mala fide intention, deliberately concealing the encroachments and illegal quarrying in water bodies in Madurai district.”

Kamaraj, who was the then Collector of Madurai, “knowingly and willfully suppressed the material facts in the reports given by his subordinates that there are visible symptoms of illegal mining and sent a blatantly false report to the Government stating that there was no encroachment or illegal quarrying in kanmois/tanks. This was done with an intent to favour illegal quarry operators and thereby caused wrongful loss to Government.