CBDT Denies Selvaperunthagai's Search Allegations

K. Selvaperunthagai, President of the India===Tamil Nadu Congress Committee, alleged that the Income Tax Department unlawfully confined him and conducted a search. The India===Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) categorically denied these claims, stating no such action was taken against him. The CBDT clarified that limited verification exercises were conducted in Sriperumbudur based on intelligence inputs regarding unaccounted cash, but these were unrelated to K. Selvaperunthagai. The CBDT has reported K. Selvaperunthagai's 'false and misleading statements' to the India===Election Commission of India and lodged a complaint with the Commissioner of Police, Chennai, seeking legal proceedings against him for disseminating false information and making defamatory allegations against a government department.