Nearly four months after the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, the main Opposition party in the state, made allegations of corruption against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami, the Madras High Court has ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the matter.

On Friday, 12 October, Justice Jagdish ordered the CBI investigation to be headed by an officer of the rank of Superintendent of Police. Stating that the probe being transferred to the CBI is in the interest of transparency, the court has called for a preliminary inquiry into the matter that be conducted within a period of three months. If a case is made out of the inquiry, the investigating team has been ordered to file for further proceedings.