The Enforcement Directorate (ED) recently uncovered what it called a ₹1,020 crore tender manipulation racket in the state's Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, headed by Minister KN Nehru. What began as a probe into job irregularities ballooned into a full-blown corruption scandal, with allegations of pre-fixed contracts, hefty kickbacks, and hawala routes funneling illicit funds to Dubai and beyond potentially channeling proceeds into party coffers.

Sources within the ED, speaking exclusively to The Federal , said a detailed 258-page dossier dispatched to Tamil Nadu's Chief Secretary, the Director General of Police, and the state Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) implicates not just politicians and their inner circles, but a cadre of high-ranking b

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