The CBI has registered Immediate enquiry into the alleged seizure of Rs. 570 crore cash in three tanker lorries in Tirupur district by a team of Election Commission (EC) in the run up to Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
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The matter has come to CBI on the orders of Madras High Court which had directed the agency to register a Immediate enquiry, CBI spokesperson R.K. Gaur said in New Delhi on Monday.
The Madras High Court had directed the agency to register a Immediate enquiry on a petition of DMK MP T.K.S. Elangovan despite opposition from the central agency which was reluctant to probe the case.
It is alleged that around midnight of May 13, 2016, Election Commission Surveillance team stationed at Tirupur chased down and seized three tanker lorries with Rs. 570 crore in cash which were escorted by three Innova, the sources said.
The seizure made three days before May 16, 2016, when Tamil Nadu was scheduled to go for polling, had sent ripples in the administration as DMK alleged it was hawala money, they said.
In his petition, Mr. Elangovan had alleged when the surveillance team of EC questioned the three drivers and the persons who accompanied the said lorries in Innova cars, they were not in a position to give proper answers or documents for transportation of huge sum of Rs. 570 crore.
It was found that the documents submitted by these persons did not have the vehicle numbers of the container lorries, he had alleged.
The persons who accompanied the vehicles in three Innova cars, claimed that they were security officers from Andhra Pradesh, but there were not in uniform, he claimed.
The DMK leader claimed out of three seized vehicles, one lorry bearing Reg No AP-13-X-5204 is not the number registered for the lorry, but rather it is the number of an Innova car belonging to one Jaffer Ahmed Khan.
Mr. Elangovan in his petition alleged the vehicle number AP-13 X 8650 belongs to one Kaja Mohammed and the vehicle AP-13-X-5203 belongs to one Salim Mohammed.
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