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Vigilance raids 25 sites over Rs 634-crore cash-for-jobs

By Drooid · Oct 29, 2026 · How we work

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India's Vigilance and Anti-Corruption agency searched 25 sites linked to former Tamil Nadu minister K.N. Nehru.
The raids targeted a Rs 634-crore cash-for-jobs scheme in Municipal Administration and Water Supply department.
Officials said the scheme bribed candidates for 2,538 engineering and planning posts.
Madras High Court cleared the probe and dismissed Nehru’s petition on October 26, 2026.
Stalin accused Minister C. Joseph Vijay of staging the raids as theatre before the Tiruchirappalli East by-election.

History

India’s fight against corruption intensified after the Supreme Court’s 2 February 2012 ruling that cancelled 122 2G licences and declared the allocation by former telecom minister A. Raja unconstitutional, citing a CAG-estimated loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore. Building on that precedent, Tamil Nadu’s Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau raided 25 sites linked to ex-minister K.N. Nehru in October 2026, probing a Rs 634 crore cash-for-jobs scheme.

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India’s fight against corruption intensified after the Supreme Court’s 2 February 2012 ruling that cancelled 122 2G licences and declared the allocation by former telecom minister A. Raja unconstitutional, citing a CAG-estimated loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore. Building on that precedent, Tamil Nadu’s Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau raided 25 sites linked to ex-minister K.N. Nehru in October 2026, probing a Rs 634 crore cash-for-jobs scheme.

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