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PIL in HC seeks CBI probe into corruption at Tasmac
The New Indian Express Coimbatore
|May 15, 2025
THE Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the state government to file a reply to a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a CBI investigation into the FIRs registered by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) in connection with the alleged corruption and swindling of money by certain officials and employees of Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) which runs liquor retail business.
A vacation bench of Justices G R Swaminathan and V Lakshminarayanan issued the direction when the PIL filed by K Venkatachalapathy, an advocate belonging to Tirunelveli who is associated with the BJP, came up for hearing.
This story is from the May 15, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Coimbatore.
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