DMK veteran Durai Murugan named in Rs 1,427 crore sand mining corruption case

India Today · Anagha · 2026-11-06 14:52 UTC

The agency searched 34 locations across Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Friday in connection with the case The complaints cover 28 river sand quarries and allege a loss of Rs 142734 crore to the state exchequer from four of them alone

The agency searched 34 locations across Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Friday in connection with the case. The complaints cover 28 river sand quarries and allege a loss of Rs 1,427.34 crore to the state exchequer from four of them alone.

Tamil Nadu’s Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) has booked senior DMK leader and former water resources minister Durai Murugan over alleged irregularities in sand mining between 2021 and 2024.

The agency searched 34 locations across Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Friday in connection with the case.

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