India, Aug. 17 -- The Chennai police on Saturday registered a Community Service Register (CSR) complaint against "unknown persons" after officials from the Enforcement Directorate raided an MLA hostel in the city.

The persons, who were later identified as ED officers, had raided the hostel as part of ongoing searches at properties linked to Tamil Nadu Rural Development Minister I Periyasamy and his son Palani MLA IP Senthil Kumar, NDTV reported.

The agency searches were carried out at three locations simultaneously, which included the minister's residence in Dindigul, his son's residence in Palani, along with the home of his daughter Indirani in Dindigul's Sivaji Nagar.

Ahead of the searches, teams from the central paramilitary forces ...