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New Indian Express
17-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Rs 1.5 crore DA case: Search at AMMK leader's house
THANJAVUR: DVAC sleuths on Friday conducted searches at the house of AMMK deputy general secretary and former MLA of Thanjavur M Rengasamy, a day after booking him and his family for allegedly acquiring assets to the tune of Rs 1.5 crore disproportionate to their known sources of income. A 10-member team, led by DSP of DVAC Thanjavur unit R Anbarasan, arrived at Rengasamy's house in Thalavaipalayam village at 7 am on Friday. The search continued till around 2 pm. Sources said Rengasamy was in Chennai. According to sources, DVAC has registered an FIR against Rengasamy, his wife Indira and younger son Vinobharath under the Prevention of Corruption Act. As per the FIR 'the known sources of income, expenditures, assets of Rengasamy and his family members between May 1, 2011, and August 30, 2017, were scrutinised'. During the preliminary enquiry, it was disclosed that Rengasamy in his official capacity had criminally conspired with his family and associates and acquired huge wealth in the form of assets, shares and pecuniary resources, the FIR stated. It further said that several contracts were executed in the name of R V Constructions, Thanjavur, managed by Vinobharath, by influencing government machinery. Rengasamy, who was earlier with the AIADMK, was elected as MLA in 2011 and 2016. After he switched over to AMMK, he ceased to be MLA from November 17, 2017, under anti-defection law.
Time of India
16-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Vigilance team raids ex-MLA's house, seize documents
Trichy: A team from the directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption (DVAC) raided the residence of former MLA M Rengasamy near Thanjavur on Friday on suspicion of accumulating wealth exceeding known sources of income when he was the MLA of Thanjavur assembly constituency from 2011 to 2017. They seized related documents and registered a case against him. The officials, led by DSP R Anbarasan, visited Rengasamy's house near Thalavapalayan in Thanjavur. However, Rengasamy was allegedly away from the house. The DVAC team raided the house around 6.30am. The raid lasted around six hours and was completed around noon. Speaking to TOI, an official from DVAC said, "We have seized some documents related to corruption from the house and booked M Rengasamy under the Prevention of Corruption Act. We will summon him for further inquiries." Rengasamy, currently the deputy general secretary of Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK), was earlier a senior functionary in AIADMK. In 2017, during Rengasamy's second tenure as the MLA, the erstwhile speaker P Dhanapal disqualified him for defecting from his party, AIADMK and joining a faction led by T T V Dhinakaran. The faction later became AMMK.
The Hindu
16-05-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
DVAC files case against former Thanjavur MLA
The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Thanjavur, has filed a case against the former Thanjavur MLA M. Rengasamy on charges of amassing of wealth during his tenure as member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Mr. Rengasamy was elected from the Thanajvur Constituency in 2011 on the AIADMK ticket and served as Thanjavur MLA between November 2016 and September 2017. Later, he joined the Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam, floated by a break away group from AIADMK. When he became the Thanjavur MLA in 2011, his assets, including those of his family members, stood at ₹1.04 crore. It rose to ₹2.83 crore in September 2017. Preliminary investigation and calculation of assets and debts and others, it was ascertained that the quantum of assets disproportionately acquired by the accused, Mr. Rengasamy, in his name, his wife and son during the check period of May 1, 2011, to September 30, 2017 worked out to ₹1.49 crore, DVAC sources said. Hence, a case under Section 173 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) 2023 and relevant sections of Prevention of Corruption Act was booked against Mr. Rengasamy, his wife and son by the DVAC, Thanjavur unit, on May 15, the sources added.
