Overview
- ED alleges bribes of Rs 25–35 lakh per post were collected through middlemen and routed via hawala networks.
- The submission, made under PMLA Section 66(2), reportedly names intermediaries, officials and politicians and outlines an alleged money trail.
- The recruitment spanned 2,538 posts, with the ED saying roughly 150 paying candidates benefited and appointment orders were handed out on August 6, 2025.
- Investigators say the lead emerged from a separate bank-fraud probe tied to real-estate firm TVH and relatives of Minister K. N. Nehru.
- The Tamil Nadu government and Anna University deny wrongdoing and describe the ED move as political, while BJP and other opposition figures demand a CBI or judicial probe and police have not announced an FIR.