Tamil Nadu health minister C Vijayabaskar’s father Chinnathambi appeared before the income tax authorities in Tiruchirapalli on Saturday, a day after sleuths conducted searches on the minister’s properties and office premises. “They (income tax department) asked me to come. The sleuths of income tax investigation wing conducted searches at properties and offices belonging to Vijayabaskar across the state on Friday. Read moreEarlier in the day, Vijayabaskar slammed the tax raids saying, “their intentions were not fulfilled”. The raids were conducted with a view to countermand the bypoll,” he alleged.

Source: Hindustan Times April 08, 2017 12:11 UTC