The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) on Thursday searched nearly 25 properties linked to senior Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader and former minister KN Nehru in Chennai and Tiruchirappalli in a cash-for-jobs case, sparking allegations of political vendetta from his party.
This is the second round of searches in the case. He denied the charge , calling the communication a smear campaign. In February this year, the high court ordered the state government to investigate the information sent by ED. DMK president hits back DMK president and former chief minister MK Stalin slammed the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government, accusing the chief minister of trying to divert the public’s attention.
In September 2026, the agency raided 19 locations over alleged irregularities in the recruitment of 2,538 people during Nehru’s tenure as municipal administration and water supply minister in the previous MK Stalin-led government. The DVAC case is based on communications from the Enforcement Directorate (ED), first sent in October 2025, which accused the senior politician of bribes in awarding tenders and making appointments in the Municipal Administration and Water Supply (MAWS) department. Earlier reporting noted: Rs 634 crore cash-for-jobs scam: DVAC raids 25 locations linked to DMK’s KN Nehru Former DMK minister KN Nehru’s supporters have gathered outside his residence in Thillai Nagar, Trichy as DVAC search is underway. Earlier reporting noted: CHENNAI: The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) on Thursday launched simultaneous searches at 25 locations across Tamil Nadu, including the residence of former DMK minister KN Nehru in Trichy and his brother’s house in RA Puram, Chennai, in connection with an alleged Rs 634 crore cash-for-jobs scam.
The TVK government’s ‘Vettri Vendetta Politics’ targeting the DMK ministers by conducting such raids would fail before the law as was usual, he said in a party statement. These kinds of raids would not even scare the DMK’s cadre as the searches are being conducted to create social media videos for the Tiruchirappalli East by-election and to make the chief minister scream dramatically on stage, Stalin said, adding that the chief minister believed these raids would muzzle the DMK. “From now on, the DMK will expose the true motive of the TVK government even faster,” he added.
Earlier reporting noted: The searches come days after the Madras high court cleared the way for the anti-corruption agency to investigate allegations of irregularities in recruitment to government posts during the previous DMK government’s tenure.
