The regional centre of IMD in Chennai had given a staunch instruction to the people not to venture out of the homes on December 4 and 5 unless there is an emergency.
The arrested officer has been identified as Ankit Tiwari and he was arrested on the Dindigul - Madurai highway in Tamil Nadu after the officials seized Rs 20 lakh from his car.
ED has been under scrutiny for several months for being a lapdog of the Modi regime in targeting the opposition leaders and the dissenters of the government.
The disturbing scale of rainfall has come days ahead of Cyclone Michaung, which will make a landfall on the northern districts of Tamil Nadu, including Chennai, during the first week of December.
MIOT hospital issued an official statement stating that Vijayakanth's health condition has been unstable due to which he was put under pulmonary treatment and ventilator support.