On August 6, 2013, Ashish Kumar, the then District Collector of Tuticuron, conducted a raid on VV Minerals and reported that VV Minerals has been involved in large scale illegal mining. The raid report says the company had encroached upon 30 hectares of government land and other mining lease violations, affecting the common man directly. VV Minerals' lease allowed mining only on four hectares.
2. On August 6, 2013, Ashish Kumar, the then District Collector of
Tuticuron, conducted a raid on VV Minerals and reported that
VV Minerals has been involved in large scale illegal mining. The
raid report says the company had encroached upon 30 hectares
of government land and other mining lease violations, affecting
the common man directly. VV Minerals' lease allowed mining
only on four hectares.
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3. However, there was no
substantial proof to support his
claims and these allegations have
been denied by VV Mineral
Vaikundarajan, the chairman of
the 20-year-old mining company.
Loyalists of Vaikundarajan say
that these are all but rumours
spread by his competitors.
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4. VV Minerals, speaking to NDTV, denied these allegations and
claimed that the "charges made by the former District Collector
are baseless, motivated and vague."
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5. The first District Collector of
undivided Tirunelveli, V
Sundaram, wrote a letter to the
Chief Secretary of the state in
January 2013 which accused VV
Minerals of illegal mining worth
over Rs. 96,000 crores.
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6. The letter also accused state government departments of
favouring VV Minerals, saying the mining lease was given to
them within 72 days, while the other companies are still
waiting for permission.
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7. However, Ravindram Duraiswami, advocate for VV Minerals
told NDTV, "Sundaram is passing this as a cruel joke. He is on
the payroll of our business rival... Our hands are clear. We will
come out clear from these allegations. Our records are
straight,"
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