Indian AML watchdog ED has attached assets worth ₹14.23 crore belonging to Parvin Jaffar, wife of retired IPS officer Jaffar Sait, R. Durgashankar who is the son of K. Rajamanickam, former Secretary to the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and T. Udayakumar who is the proprietor of Land Mark Construction, Chennai.
On the basis of an FIR filed by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) against seven people, including
- M. S. Jaffar Sait, a former IG Police (Intelligence wing) of the Tamil Nadu Police
- Parvin, Jaffar Sait’s wife, a private individual
- K. Murugaiya, an executive engineer for the Tamil Nadu Housing Board in Chennai, and ( Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister
- R Durgashankar, a relative of K Rajamanickam
- I Periyasamy, a former housing minister
- T Udayakumar, is a private individual who owns the construction company Land Mark Construction.
According to the ED probe, I. Periyasamy, the former Minister of Housing and Urban Development for the Tamil Nadu government, allocated plots in Government Discretionary Quota (GDQ) improperly.
Jaffar Sait received a residential plot under the Government Discretionary Quota despite not being qualified for such an allocation. In contravention of the regulations related to Government Discretionary Quota (GDQ) Rajamanickam, who was then Chief Minister Thiru M. Karunanidhi’s secretary, gave his son R. Durgashankar the next site.
To maximize the benefits of crime, Parvin Jaffar and R Durgashankar signed a contract with Udayakumar of Site Mark Construction for the joint development of the combined land. Despite being aware that the allottees were not the owners as of the date of the Joint Development Agreement, Udaykumar funded the aforementioned crime.
Parvin Jaffar and R Durgashankar used the aforementioned financial compensation from Udayakumar to cover the cost of plots that the Tamil Nadu Housing Board had erroneously assigned.
Building a multi-floor residence on the aforementioned authorized plots allowed Parvin Jaffar, R Durgashankar, and T Udayakumar to produce a sizable amount of revenue from crime, which they then realized by selling the apartments to the general public. Movable and immovable properties worth Rs. 14.23 crore have been temporarily attached from the total proceeds of crime of Rs 14.86 crore earned by three of them. The subject is currently the subject of more inquiry.
