PMO accords sanction to probe two TN IAS officers in ex-AIADMK Minister corruption case

Chennai, Nov 12 (UNI) After the Madras High Court rapped the DVAC over the delay in getting sanction to prosecute two IAS officers in a corruption case involving former AIADMK Minister S.P.Velumani, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Office on Thursday evening has given the nod and cleared the decks to file cases and probe them on Thursday evening. The PMO has officially granted sanction to prosecute the two IAS officers-K.S. Kandasamy and K.Vijaya Karthikeyan-under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, in connection with the Rs.98.25-crore corporation tender irregularities case against Velumani. The case relates to alleged irregularities, favoritism, and manipulation in…