chennai the income tax department has frozen 100 bank accounts of shell companies managed by jaya tv managing director vivek jayaraman a nephew of convicted aiadmk leader v k sasikala said it sourcesthis comes three days after it searches were conducted at 188 premises owned by sasikala her extended family members and associates in tamil nadu puducherry bengaluru and hyderabadthe searches till friday yielded rs 6 crore in cash 85 kg gold and documents relating to investments worth rs 1200 crore of unaccounted money many valuables were recovered from unused hostel rooms of a womens college owned by sasikalas brother v dhivaharan at mannargudi said sourceswe froze 100 bank accounts after we found that they belong to 20odd shell companies several crore was deposited in them soon after demonetization was announced the accounts were operated by vivek jayaraman a senior it official told toi the sleuths completed search operation in most places on saturday