CHENNAI: A day after Income Tax officials raided chief secretary P Rama Mohana Rao, the Tamil Nadu government removed his from his post.
Senior IAS official Girija Vaidyanathan, the second most senior official in the State bureaucracy, is the new chief secretary.
Former Chief Secretary P Rama Mohana Rao has been placed under suspension following IT raids in his residence and at office on Wednesday.
Income Tax department continued to probe TN chief secretary P Rama Mohan Rao's alleged links with sand mining baron and Tirumala Tirupati Devasthana member Shekar Reddy on the second day, while the State government removed him from office and appointed Girija Vaidyanathan as the new chief secretary.
Meanwhile, CBI arrested Shekhar Reddy's partners in sand mining-Rathinam and Ramachandran.
Rama Mohan Rao, who is set to retire in September 2017, is being quizzed at his residence in Anna Nagar. READ MORE