Overview
- ED’s October 27 letter to the Tamil Nadu DGP alleges bribes of ₹25–35 lakh per post to secure selections in recruitment to 2,538 MAWS department posts.
- The agency claims exam data was accessed and marks manipulated by intermediaries, with cash routed through hawala channels to politically connected actors.
- A 232-page dossier shared under PMLA Section 66(2) includes photos, chats, hawala notes and details correlating transactions with roughly 150 selected candidates.
- Chief Minister M.K. Stalin publicly handed over appointment letters on August 6, a fact cited by ED; the state government and Minister K.N. Nehru deny wrongdoing and call the claims politically motivated, pointing to Anna University’s role and a transparent process.
- Opposition leaders demand swift action, with AIADMK seeking an FIR and BJP and PMK calling for a CBI probe, as a recent Madras High Court order quashing ED’s earlier ECIR in a related bank-fraud case complicates the legal path and police have not confirmed an FIR.