Veerapandi S Arumugam

• Former DMK Minister Veerpandi Arumugam passes away

  Former DMK Minister Mr Veerapandi S Arumugam today died at a private hospital in Chennai. He was suffering from respiratory problems. Mr Arumugham was the Agriculture Minister during the earlier DMK regime in Tamil Nadu.

• Two DMK workers arrested for trying to immolate themselves

  Two DMK functionaries have been arrested for trying to set themselves ablaze protesting detention of former Minister Veerapandi S Arumugam under the Goondas Act, as eight government buses were stoned in Salem, police said.

• Former DMK ministers Veerapandi Arumugam and Periyasamy arrested in Tamil Nadu

  Two former DMK ministers Veerapandi S Arumugam and I Periyasamy were arrested on Monday on different charges. Mr Arumugam, the DMK's strongman in Salem district, was arrested near his residence on land grabbing charges and Mr Periyasamy at Koombur in Dindigul district for alleged illegal granite mining, police said.

• Former Tamil Nadu minister's house raided for graft

  The houses of former Tamil Nadu minister Veerapandi S Arumugam, his relatives and his two personal assistants were on Thursday raided by the officials of the anti-corruption wing, the probe agency said.

• DVAC raids houses of former DMK minister

  Vigilance officials today conducted raids in the premises of former DMK minister N K K P Raja across Tamil Nadu in connection with a disproportionate assets case. The raids by officials of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption were in progress in Chennai and Erode districts, DVAC sources said.

• Will continue to act against land grabbers says Tamil Nadu government

  Ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu today reasserted its commitment to continue action against land grabbing complaints in which many Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam men, including former ministers have been arrested.