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During the raids on his premises on December 22, highly-placed I-T sources told DTNext that Vivek admitted to the acceptance of money, which he has “invested elsewhere.” I-T officials disclosed that retired IFS officer Kalyanasundaram had also taken Rs 1.7 crore from Reddy as illegal gratification. Another private individual had also taken Rs 11 crore, the same sources revealed. 

Meanwhile, Income Tax officials completed raids at 12 places and raids continued till late into the night at four more locations. If December 21 belonged to the former Chief Secretary, December 22 belonged to his son Vivek. Vivek’s house and also his office on Chamier’s Road were raided by the I-T sleuths. 

Officials also searched the house and office premises of K Nagarajan, Managing Director of Tamil Nadu State Warehousing Corporation, and the house of retired IFS officer Kalyanasundaram. Sources said that several incriminating documents were seized from each of these premises. 

I-T officials confirmed that the raids on the top bureaucrats and son of the former Chief Secretary was the follow-up to the raids earlier conducted on sand miner Sekar Reddy.

I-T officials also said that some bank officials were arm-twisted into exchanging demonetised currency in huge quantities for Reddy at the insistence of Rama Mohana Rao. Officials claimed that Rama Mohana Rao had personally talked to these bank officials and urged them to exchange the notes for the “main government contractor” otherwise the developmental projects of the government “would be affected.”

• Rs 132.5 crore and 177 kg gold seized from Sekar Reddy and his associates 
• 25 files, which are said to have been cleared after the hospitalisation of J Jayalalithaa, had been seized from Chief Secretary’s cabin at Secretariat
• 600 officials from I-T department part of ongoing raids 

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