IT raids in 33 places in Tamil Nadu (Lead)

Chennai Nov 28 (IANS) Income Tax (IT) officials on Tuesday raided 33 premises in Tamil Nadu belonging to three business groups said a senior tax official.

This is the second major raid by the IT Department after its multi-city searches linked to jailed AIADMK leader V.K. Sasikala s kin and business associates.

Earlier an IT official told IANS that the raids were a follow up to the earlier search operations.

Officials said the latest search operations were linked to unnamed shell companies.

Speaking to reporters in Trichy around 350 km from here Sasikala s nephew and sidelined AIADMK leader T.T.V. Dinakaran said the IT raids will continue till the conclusion of the by-poll for the R.K. Nagar Assembly constituency on December 21.

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