Overview
- The ED’s October 27 letter to the Tamil Nadu DGP attaches a roughly 232-page dossier alleging Rs 25–35 lakh was taken per post to favor about 150 candidates.
- The allegations target the 2024–26 recruitment cycle for 2,538 MAWS posts, with the ED citing exam manipulation, access to confidential data, and hawala cash movements.
- Appointment letters for selected candidates were publicly handed over on August 6, 2025, after exams conducted by Anna University, which the ED says should also be probed.
- The ED says it found the material during April 2025 searches in a separate bank-fraud case linked to True Value Homes and a relative of Minister K.N. Nehru, even as the Madras High Court has since quashed the ED’s ECIR in that fraud matter.
- Tamil Nadu Police have not publicly confirmed registration of an FIR, opposition parties are pressing for a CBI inquiry, and Minister K.N. Nehru denies wrongdoing and promises legal action.