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I-T raids an assault on constitution, says sacked TN Chief Secretary

| | Dec 27, 2016, at 05:33 pm
Chennai, Dec 27 (IBNS) : Asserting that he is still in office, sacked Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary Ram Mohan Rao on Tuesday called the income tax raids against him an 'assault on the Constitution.'

According to media reports, Rao said the I-T officials found nothing in his house except "a few grams of gold, 25 kg of silver and Rs 1,12,320 only."

"I was surprised to see that my name was not there in search warrant and despite that they raided by house and claimed they found secret documents. I was under house arrest.It is a constitutional assault on chief secretary’s house and said he is still the chief secretary as the Government has not so far served  him a copy of his transfer order.

Rao was removed from office and Girija Vaidyanathan appointed in his place a few days after the raids.

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