Nehrus bank accounts could be frozen

TIRUCHY/CHENNAI: Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption officials on Friday raided the premises of former transport minister K N Nehru in several places across the state. Nehru and his brothers - Ramajeyam residing in Tiruchy, Manivannan in Coimbatore and Ravichandran in Chennai - owned real estate companies and other properties at Lalgudi, their hometown, Tiruchy, Chennai, Coimbatore and Tiruppur, said the officer. The bank accounts of K N Nehru are likely to be frozen on Saturday, according to sources in the DVAC, which conducted a raid at the houses of ex-Minister and his relatives on Friday. A special team raided the house of the former minister at his native Kanakkiliyanallur village in Lalgudi, his permanent house in Tiruchy and his office in Thillai Nagar, Tiruchy. Another team raided the rented house of his brother Ramajeyam and his office in Thillai Nagar.Yet another team conducted raids at the house and office of Nehru’s third brother K N Manivannan in Coimbatore and Tiruppur. Manivannan has two houses at Ramanathapuram in Coimbatore and a house at Attrupalayam, Thirumuruganpoondi in Tiruppur District. The raid was also conducted at TVH Pvt Ltd situated in the posh Race Course locality in Coimbatore, said a senior DVAC officer.In Tiruchy, six teams of DVAC officials, led by  DSP Rama Ambikapathi, raided the house of Nehru at 10th Cross, Thillai Nagar, a rented house where Nehru and his family reside temporarily, the house of his younger brother KN Ramajeyam at 7th cross, Thillai Nagar, Office at 5th Cross, Thillai Nagar, ancestral house at Kanakiliyanallur in Lalgudi and the house of G Vinoth, a close relative of former minister at Tiruvanaikoil.The search, which commenced from 6 am and lasted till 3 pm, was initiated after cases were registered against Nehru by the DVAC under Prevention of Corruption Act-1988 after credible information that the ex-minister had acquired movable and immovable properties disproportionate to his own sources of income during the period between May 2006 and May 2011. The team, in a simultaneous search, seized cash deposit pass books, keys of lockers, passports and important documents. Based on directions from the higher officials, the bank locker would also be opened.