Jaya inducted aide into several companies
Siva Kumar | TNN | Nov 19, 2017, 07:01 IST
On Friday night, they searched parts of Jayalalithaa's Poes Garden residence, especially the rooms used by her personal secretary S Poonkundran and Sasikala. Still, the room used by Jayalalithaa was not searched, said I-T officials. Poonkundran was appointed director of certain firms when Sasikala was sent out of Poes Garden in 2011. When she returned, she had him replaced.
I-T officials believe Poonkundran, who was said to be a glorified gatekeeper at Veda Nilayam, could lead them to information on businesses of Sasikala's extended family. "Nothing transpired at Veda Nilayam without Poonkundran's knowledge. He used to filter even Jayalalithaa's appointments," said an AIADMK source.
"We are going through the documents relating to the shell companies owned by Sasikala's extended family and business associates. We got some leads while questioning Poonkundran. It is in this connection that we entered Jayalalithaa's residence on Friday night. Though we searched 188 premises for 5 days, more places could be searched when we get additional information in the coming days. Veda Nilayam is the first among them," an I-T official told TOI.
I-T officials did not respond when asked why Jayalalithaa's residence, and her Kodanad and Siruthavur bungalows were not searched in the initial round. Sasikala had been using all these premises for years. I-T officials had dropped into the Jaya TV building adjacent to Veda Nilayam more than a week ago, but they took more than a week to enter Jayalalithaa's residence.
"In Friday night's search, we have seized some original documents of companies owned by Sasikala's family members. The photocopies were seized from various other places earlier. Some photocopies were seized from a shop in Chennai, where they were dumped when searches were going on last week," the official said.
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