TNN | May 6, 2012, 04.52AM IST
MADURAI: Income tax officials on Saturday conducted searches at the ancient Madurai Adheenam, which is caught in a controversy over the appointment of self-styled godman Nithyananda as its next pontiff.
A team of five income tax officials entered the mutt premises on South Avani Moola Street in the heart of the city around 8.30am and conducted searches for five hours as shocked devotees gathered outside.
The raids come in the wake of reports in the media linking the controversial appointment to the mutt's properties worth crores of rupees.
The officials quizzed senior pontiff Arunagirinatha Desikar on the donations received by the mutt and its financial transactions. The officials were seen taking away cartons, apparently containing documents, around 1.30pm.
A mutt employee termed the raids "an act of vendetta by the DMK" and alleged that it was conducted at the behest of a Union minister from the state.
Source: Times of India
MADURAI: Income tax officials on Saturday conducted searches at the ancient Madurai Adheenam, which is caught in a controversy over the appointment of self-styled godman Nithyananda as its next pontiff.
A team of five income tax officials entered the mutt premises on South Avani Moola Street in the heart of the city around 8.30am and conducted searches for five hours as shocked devotees gathered outside.
The raids come in the wake of reports in the media linking the controversial appointment to the mutt's properties worth crores of rupees.
The officials quizzed senior pontiff Arunagirinatha Desikar on the donations received by the mutt and its financial transactions. The officials were seen taking away cartons, apparently containing documents, around 1.30pm.
A mutt employee termed the raids "an act of vendetta by the DMK" and alleged that it was conducted at the behest of a Union minister from the state.
Source: Times of India
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