E.V. Velu, others booked for illegal excavation of lake bed to level venue for party event

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E.V. Velu and others have been booked for illegal excavation of approximately 45.7 lakh cubic feet of lake-bed sand from an 8-acre waterbody, causing an estimated ₹8.22 crore loss to the Tamil Nadu exchequer. The excavation was done to level a venue for a political party event.

Approximately 45,72,058 cubic feet of lake-bed sand was alleged to have been transported from about 8 acres of the waterbody, resulting in an estimated loss of ₹8.22 crore to the T.N. exchequer