Illegal Granite Mining

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  Charges of Human Sacrifice for Granite Baron in Tamil Nadu

  A baby's bones are among the remains of four human bodies that have been unearthed as the macabre offshoot of an investigation into illegal mining in and around Madurai in Tamil Nadu.

• MK Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi files plea seeking return of passport

  Former Union minister M K Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi, who has been granted anticipatory bail in the alleged granite quarrying scam, today filed a plea in the Madras High Court Bench in Madurai seeking a direction to a lower court to return his passport to enable him go abroad in connection with his business Interests.

• Union Minister MK Alagiri's son questioned by police in granite mining scam

  Union Minister MK Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi was grilled by police in Tamil Nadu's Madurai in connection with illegal mining of granite by a company in which he was a director.

• After four months on the run, union minister Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi surrenders

  For someone who comes from a particularly high-profile family in Tamil Nadu, Durai Dayanidhi pulled off the near-impossible: he remained untraced for four months despite a putative police search.

• Anticipatory bail granted to union minister Alagiri's son

  The son of union minister MK Alagiri has been granted anticipatory bail by the Madras High Court.

• Granite scam: Police raid Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi office

  Police in Chennai today raided the office of Union Minister MK Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi in connection with the granite scam, and have reportedly recovered some documents. Mr Dayanidhi has been absconding for more than a month after a firm closely linked to him was accused of illegal mining near the temple town of Madurai in Tamil Nadu.

• Illegal granite quarrying: Vigilance officials raid Madurai Collectorate

  As part of its crackdown on illegal granite quarrying, Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-corruption officials today raided the Geology and Mines Department office at the collectorate in Madurai.

• Immigration authorities asked to be on lookout for Alagiri's son

  Police have alerted immigration authorities to help them in preventing Durai Dayanidhi, union minister M K Alagiri's son, and 11 others from leaving the country in the wake of the state government's crackdown on illegal granite quarrying.

• Granite trader accused of illegal mining surrenders in Madurai

  The owner of a granite company allegedly involved in illegal mining surrendered before the Additional Deputy Superintendent of Police in Madurai.

• A scam worth 16,000 crores that rests on granite

  Officials from the Madurai district administration in Tamil Nadu are conducting raids at 175 granite quarries across the district. The former Collector of Madurai Mr Sagayam, who was recently transferred, had alleged major violations by many granite quarries and had estimated a loss of more than sixteen thousand crore rupees to the state exchequer.

• Former DMK ministers Veerapandi Arumugam and Periyasamy arrested in Tamil Nadu

  Two former DMK ministers Veerapandi S Arumugam and I Periyasamy were arrested on Monday on different charges. Mr Arumugam, the DMK's strongman in Salem district, was arrested near his residence on land grabbing charges and Mr Periyasamy at Koombur in Dindigul district for alleged illegal granite mining, police said.