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SIT Established to Investigate Property Tax Scam: State to HC

MADURAI: The state informed the Madras High Court on Friday that a Special Investigation Team (SIT), led by Deputy Inspector General of Police, Madurai Range, Abhinav Kumar, has been formed to investigate the property tax scam in the Madurai Corporation. In light of these updates, a division bench comprising Justice S M Subramaniam and Justice A D Maria Clete directed authorities to submit a progress report on the investigation and postponed the hearing for two weeks. The court was addressing a public interest litigation submitted by T Ravi, an AIADMK councillor from Ward 83 of the Madurai Corporation. The petitioner…

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Special Team Formed to Investigate Madurai Property Scam: HC

MADURAI: On Thursday, the Madras High Court instructed the Inspector General of Police (South Zone) and the Madurai City Police Commissioner to form a special investigation team led by a senior IPS officer of proven integrity to investigate the property tax scam in Madurai Corporation and report back to the court. A division bench comprising Justice S.M. Subramaniam and Justice A.D. Maria Clete noted that the petitioner, T. Ravi, an AIADMK councillor from Ward 83 of Madurai Corporation, claimed it was a significant scam and raised concerns over delays in registering an FIR, casting doubt on the investigation’s fairness due…