Tamil Nadu Granite Scam

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  Tamil Nadu Granite Scam: Enforcement Directorate Attaches Over 500 Properties Worth Rs 200 Crore

  The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached over 500 properties, with a market value of about Rs 200 crore, in connection with its money laundering probe in the alleged illegal granite quarrying scam of Madurai in Tamil Nadu.

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  Madurai Granite scam: Enforcement Directorate Attaches Rs 44 Crore Assets

  The Enforcement Directorate today issued a fresh attachment order worth Rs 44 crore in connection with its money laundering probe in the Madurai granite scam case in Tamil Nadu.

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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.

• Granite mining scam: Supreme Court dismisses Jayalalithaa government's plea against Durai Dayanidhi

  In a political setback to the Jayalalithaa government in Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court today dismissed its appeal against anticipatory bail granted to DMK leader and Union Minister MK Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi in connection with the multi-crore granite scam in Madurai.

• 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: Don't know why grandson Durai is hiding, says DMK chief Karunanidhi

  M Karunanidhi, the 88-year-old chief of the DMK, has said he does not know why his grand-son Durai Dayanidhi is hiding.

• 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.

• 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.