Even as the Enforcement Directorate continued searches at several locations for the second day on Wednesday to probe charges of money-laundering in Tamil Nadu’s sand mining business, the sand lorry owners’ association has flagged serious irregularities in the sale of sand at the State-owned depots.
Sources said ED teams were examining officials and private persons linked to the sand mining business and scrutinising records seized during Tuesday’s searches at over 40 locations in several districts, especially the sand sales depots managed by the Water Resources Department.
The ED is probing allegations that a huge quantity of sand was sold offline and fake bills were issued to sand lorry owners, and this caused a loss of GST revenue to the Central and State governments and the money thus earned was laundered, the sources said.
