The Income Tax department has seized cash worth about Rs 5.5 crore after it conducted searches on the premises of Tamil Nadu Health Minister C Vijayabaskar and others even as it is sending a report to the EC in view of the pending bypolls. Officials said while Rs 5.5 crore in cash was seized from the "associates" of Vijayabaskar, a cash of about Rs 26 lakh neatly kept in envelopes was seized from the premises of a close family associate of the minister. The operations are still on at about nine locations and are expected to end late night, they said. Vijayabaskar, who is the first state minister to come under the lens of taxmen, is among the key campaigners in the bypolls. (This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Source: dna April 07, 2017 15:45 UTC