Chennai:
The residences and business premises of D Duraimurugan, former law minister in the DMK government in Tamil Nadu, and those of his close relatives were raided on Thursday on charges of amassing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income, officials said.
He is the sixth DMK minister to come under the vigilance scanner.
The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) conducted the raids at his residence in Chennai and also his business premises.
Earlier, the agency raided the residences and office premises of KN Nehru, TM Anbarasan, K Ponmudi, N Suresh Rajan and MRK Panneerselvam.