Central Agency’s Big Crackdown On Tamil Nadu Sand Mafia

In a big crackdown on the sand mafia in Tamil Nadu, the Enforcement Directorate is carrying out searches at over 40 locations across the state. Industrialists S Ramachandran and Dindigul Rathinam, who hold sand mining licences, are in the probe agency’s crosshairs.Durai Murugan, General Secretary of the ruling DMK, holds the mining portfolio in the MK Stalin-led state government.