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By Express News Service - MADURAI
13th November 2012 08:41 AM
After a special team conducted a three-day search on the premises of PRP Exports at Therkutheru in Melur, Rs 10 lakh in cash, vital documentary evidence pertaining to the granite quarrying scam and 20 passports of the firm’s shareholders, including P Palanichamy, his sons P Suresh Kumar and P Senthil Kumar, and other relatives were seized, police said on Monday.
A pistol and eight bullets were also found and seized although Palanichamy produced a valid licence for the items.
The team led by DSP Thankavel, Melur tahsildar Vasantha Juliet and geology and mining department assistant director Arumuga Nainar, copied the 10,000 documents that were seized from the premises onto hard disks. The documents pertained to granite quarrying, polishing, exports records of the last 10 years, particulars of the staff and the annual turnover. The search commenced on November 8, following a direction from the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court.
After the operation concluded, police unsealed the premises of the PRP Exports and PRP Granite. However, officials said that the firm would not be allowed to carry out mining activities. But the factories would be allowed to continue operations, they added.
An officer said the firm would be allowed to carry out activities like polishing granite blocks that have not been sealed or seized,the officer further said.
The premises of the PRP Exports and PRP Granite were sealed on August 9 by the Revenue Department in the presence of collector Anshul Mishra and district police superintendent V Balakrishnan over alleged involvement in the multi-crore granite scam.
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It appears PRP is the only granite company which has committed this crime in the eyes of the Government. There are many granite companies which are plundring this national wealth with impunity with hand and glove with government officials from the lowest level to the highest level. Government should conduct similar exercise with all granite companies in the state to verify whether these comapnies excavated granite for which lease has been granted properly. Whether they have moved the material by payin proper royalty to the government and also check the export documents. In may cases exports will be much larger than the royalty paid to the government, since many companies used to transport multiple loads with one permit.
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