Chennai, Oct 29 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate has sought registration of an FIR by the Tamil Nadu Police into an alleged recruitment scam in the Municipal Administration and Water Supply (MAWS) Department as it claimed that certain public servants and politicians were involved.

The federal probe agency has alleged that as many as 2,500 candidates were selected by the state government through this recruitment process and bribes amounting to Rs 25-35 lakh per candidate were collected by the accused.

The agency, sources said, has recently written a letter to the state director general of police (DGP) sharing "evidences" like documents, photos and WhatsApp chats gathered by it linked to the alleged scam.

The ED has used powers available to it under section 66 (disclosure of information)

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