Rs 5 crore hoarded at Coimbatore Corporation engineer's house: DMK sieged the house causing stir
Coimbatore: DMK cadres had sieged the house of Corporation Engineer alleging that he has stashed ₹5 crore thus causing a stir in the area. There was commotion as the DMK members besieged the house of a Coimbatore corporation engineer at midnight claiming that Rs 5 crore was hidden in the house.
Election flying squads are conducting intensive raids ahead of the assembly elections. The DMK informed the Flying Squad that Rs 5 crore was stashed in the house of Lakshmanan, a city planning engineer in Coimbatore RS Puram. Following this, more than 50 DMK workers besieged the house of the corporation engineer. The Flying Squad who arrived there inspected the Corporation Engineer's Government vehicle which was parked outside the house but they found nothing.
Following this, the DMK chanted slogans complaining that the flying squad did not go inside the house and inspect. Thus, a large number of policemen were deployed for security duty in the area. The Flying Squad said, "We have informed the Election Officer and the Income Tax Department. We will go inside the house and inspect after they arrive"
As the DMK members sieged the house throughout the night it caused a stir.