The DMK has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to order the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate to probe into the ‘seizure’ of Rs. 570 crore from Tirupur in the run up to the recent Assembly elections.
The party wanted the probe to focus on the possible angle of the money, which has since been claimed by the State Bank of India, being transported for hawala transactions or money laundering.
DMK leader M. Karunanidhi had alleged that SBI had laid claim to the money on the intervention of an unnamed Union Minister.
In a memorandum to the Prime Minister, Home Minister, Chief Election Commissioner, CBI Director and others, DMK’s press relation secretary T.K.S. Elangovan said the money was transported in violation of the Reserve Bank of India’s guidelines.
RBI norms
“As per RBI regulations, whenever a huge amount was transported between the currency chest of the same or different bank within a State or inter-State, it should be done only through rail and it should be accompanied by police.
“No such step has been taken in the instant case. Therefore, serious doubts have been raised about genuineness of the belated claim of the officials of the State Bank of India. Though eight containers carried the cash, five containers left Tamil Nadu for Andhra Pradesh and only three containers were detained,” he alleged.
Claims RBI guidelines on transportation of cash violated
