Chennai, Mar 30 (NIE): Income Tax officials raided DMK treasurer Durai Murugan's residence at Katpadi in Tamil Nadu's Vellore on Saturday early morning.

Apart from the politician's home, Kingston Engineering College and Durai Murugan B.Ed. college in Katpadi were also being raided.

“A three-member team was present at the house when we returned from the election campaign. When we asked what they had come for, the official said they were from the Income Tax department and wanted to search the house. However, the search warrants they carried denoted cash movements (flying squad search) under the jurisdiction of Arakkonam parliamentary constituency, and it was not applicable to conducting a search at the house,” said Paranthaman, joint secretary of DMK’s legal wing.

The three officials came out of the house after the advocate and the DMK members turned them away for not producing proper documents for search.

Later, Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax - Vijay Deepan came to the spot and an argument broke out between the two groups.

“This attempt is politically motivated and the officials are not abiding by the laws. We are ready to cooperate with the search if it is legally carried out,” added Paranthaman.