ED raids at Ex-TN Minister’s residence

Insight Online News

Chennai, Oct 23 : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) authorities on Wednesday
conducted raids at the residence of expelled AIADMK Leader and former Tamil Nadu
Minister R Vaithilingam in an alleged disproportionate assets case during his tenure
as Minister during the 2011-16 AIADMK regime.

The raids were on at Mr Vaithilingam house near Orathanad in Thanjavur district of
the state.

The raids were also on at his room in the MLA hostel in Chennai city.

Mr Vaithilingam has thrown his weight behind former Chief Minister O.Paneerselvam
after the AIADMK split in 2017 after the death of party Supremo J Jayalalithaa. Since
then he has been with Mr Panneerselvam.

Later, both of them expelled from AIADMK at the party’s General Council in 2022.

He was elected to the State Assembly from Orathanad in the 2021 assembly polls
for the fourth time. He had earlier won from the seat thrice in succession in 2001,
2006 and 2011.