Income Tax Department raids DMK MLA M.K. Mohan's residence

Income Tax (I-T) Department raids are underway on Monday at the residence of DMK MLA M.K. Mohan, a close confidant of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. Meanwhile, simultaneous raids are being carried out at the premises of a real estate company alleged to have links with the Chief Minister.

Raids are also being carried out at the residence of Praveen, who is a cousin of Sabareesan -- the son in law of Stalin.

I-T Department sleuths have also searched the residence of Shanmugaraj, who is the auditor of Sabareesan.

Tamil Nadu BJP president, K. Annamalai has publicly released the `DMK files` which details corruption in the DMK regime, both present and in 2011 when M. Karunanidhi was the Chief Minister.

The raids are seen as a political move by the Union government.

DMK workers have staged a sit-in dharna near Mohan`s residence.

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