Overview
- R. Girirajan, who filed the petition Thursday, asks the court to direct the Enforcement Directorate to register an ECIR under the PMLA against Nainar Nagendran and Kesava Vinayagam.
- The filing cites an April 2024 seizure of about Rs 3.98–3.99 crore from train passengers at Tambaram railway station who were alleged associates of Nagendran.
- The petitioner says two suspects told police the cash was for voter inducement in Tirunelveli during the 2024 Lok Sabha poll and that these statements and records tie the money to the BJP leader.
- The Tambaram FIR later moved to the CBCID with counts including election offences and conspiracy, yet the petitioner says the ED has not opened a money-laundering case or confirmed any action.
- An ECIR is the ED’s case-opening record under the money-laundering law, and Girirajan argues the alleged crimes qualify as scheduled offences and the cash fits the Act’s ‘proceeds of crime’ definition; BJP voices dismiss the move as political while DMK points to earlier pleas seeking ED probes of former AIADMK officials.