The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) raids in Tamil Nadu in connection with the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited (TASMAC) liquor shop licensing scam. The court asked the ED, "Are you not interfering in the powers of the state police?"

The Supreme Court bench, comprising Chief Justice (CJI) B.R. Gavai and Justice Vinod Chandran, asked, "If the state police cannot investigate this scam, is the ED's intervention necessary? What impact will this have on the federal structure?"

Actually, in March, the ED had raided TASMAC's Chennai headquarters in connection with a Rs 1,000 crore scam. This involved inflating the prices of liquor bottles, tender manipulation, and bribery. During this, officials had seized computers and other items.

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