Order CBI and ED probe into seizure of Rs.570 crore: DMK

Cheni, May 31: The DMK has demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) into the seizure of Rs 570 crore by an Election Commission team near Coimbatore. The principal opposition party in Tamil du sent a letter on Monday to Prime Minister rendra Modi requesting him to direct an impartial probe by the CBI and the ED into the cash seizure and subsequent release issue. The DMK spokesman and former member of parliament T.K.S. Elangovan, who wrote the letter, has also sent a representation to Home Minister Rajth Singh, Chief Election Commissioner zim Zaidi, Reserve Bank of India’s Governor Raghuram Rajan, CBI Director and others. (IANS)