Chennai, The DVAC has registered an FIR naming former minister K N Nehru as “prime accused” and 12 others in the ₹ 1,020 crore-corruption case involving major government tender manipulation and bribe collection.
The case was registered on Friday following a DVAC enquiry based on the Enforcement Directorate’s 258-page report alleging irregularities in government contract from 2021 and 2025.
The former Municipal Administration and Water Supply department minister allowed his brothers to coordinate with his close associate to collect illegal gratification under the guise of “party funds” from contractors and public servants, the document said alleging wrongful gain of ₹ 1,020 crore, stating illegal gratification was collected at 7.5 to 10 percent of the contract value as “party funds. It said Nehru was the prime accused and his brothers – K N Manivannan and N Ravichandran – have been coordinating the collection and routing the illegal gratification.
