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No incriminating worldly had been recovered successful the information recovered from the hard disks that were reported stolen from the Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (TNPDCL) office successful Chennai, constabulary sources said connected Monday (June 8, 2026).
A peculiar squad of the Greater Chennai Police investigating the sensational lawsuit retrieved the information deleted from the hard disks and recovered thing incriminating.
Data recovered
While 18 hard disks were reported stolen, the squad recovered 34 hard disks successful the possession of the fishy successful Bengaluru. “Hard disks whitethorn person been stolen connected earlier occasions, too, but not reported. The information person been recovered and prima facie, determination is thing incriminating. The declaration worker successful complaint of the yearly attraction declaration stole the hard disks and sold them to his subordinate successful Bengaluru,” a elder constabulary serviceman said.
He said the declaration worker, Gopinath of Arakkonam, stole the hard disks and sold them to Manohar of Bengaluru. The information successful the hard disks were erased, but the investigators managed to retrieve them.
“Gopinath seems to beryllium a habitual offender. He has been stealing hard disks from the TNPDCL premises. Why the thefts were not reported earlier is being looked into,” the serviceman said.
Case shifted to CB-CID
The Crime Branch-CID of the Tamil Nadu constabulary volition analyse the theft of the hard disks from the TNPDCL headquarters. The lawsuit was transferred by Director-General of Police and Head of Police Force (DGP/HoPF) Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal, fixed the delicate quality of the case, constabulary sources said.
The theft of the hard disks led to speculation that it was a deliberate effort to erase oregon tamper with grounds successful an alleged multi-crore scam successful the TNPDCL or successful its allied organisations. A apical authoritative in TANGEDCO said that too a information extortion policy, strict entree power measures were successful spot to unafraid the captious assets of the company.
Tender corruption case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a lawsuit of alleged corruption successful the tenders floated by TANGEDCO for the proviso of organisation transformers during 2021, 2022, and 2023.
Acting connected the absorption of the Madras High Court, the CBI booked a lawsuit to probe the allegations of corruption that had resulted successful unjust enrichment of bidders and a corresponding nonaccomplishment to the exchequer to the tune of ₹397 crore.
The CBI’s Anti-Corruption Branch invoked provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, and booked the lawsuit against the past officials of TANGEDCO’s Tender Inviting Authority and Tender Scrutiny Committee, and others.
The complainants successful the lawsuit were Jayaraman Venkatesan, managing trustee, Arappor lyakkam; E. Saravanan, lawman secretary, AIADMK Advocates’ Wing, Salem; and Rajkumar of Meikilarpatti in Usilampatti taluk of Madurai district.
