The Enforcement Director conducted searches at multiple locations connected with Tamil Nadu Minister KN Nehru and his son, Lok Sabha member Arun Nehru. The searches were reportedly conducted in connection with a Rs 22 crore bank fraud case.
In Short
- ED raids multiple locations connected with Tamil Nadu minister
- Minister KN Nehru’s brother own key portion of TVH
- Reason for ED’s raids not yet known
The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at multiple locations connected with Tamil Nadu Minister for Municipal Administration, Urban and Water Supply KN Nehru and his son, Lok Sabha member Arun Nehru.
According to sources, the raids were reportedly in connection with a Rs 22 crore bank fraud case, which was registered based on a complaint by Indian Overseas Bank against Truedom EPC Limited. Minister Nehru’s brother N Ravichandran is a director with Truedom EPC Limited.
There were also reports that raids were conducted at locations linked with real estate firm True Value Homes (TVH), owned by N Ravichandran. The ED conducted raids at 13 locations in Tamil Nadu, including the Minister Nehru’s house in Trichy.
The ED raids come on the heels of similar raids in Chennai on Friday against AM Gopalan’s chit fund company Sree Gokulam Chits. AM Gopalan, also known as Gokulam Gopalan, is one of the producers of Empuraan, a Malayalam film that created a stir at its release because of how it showed the Gujarat riots and the part played by right-wing Hindu groups.
Similarly, Empuraan’s director and actor Prithviraj Sukumaran received a notice from the Income-Tax department to explain his earnings from three films that came out in 2022: Jana Gana Mana, Gold and Kaduva. He was given time until April 29 to respond to the notice.
