ITdepartment officials on Friday recovered about Rs 4.5 crore from the residences of two persons close to Tamil Nadu Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar, said a senior official. "Rs 3.5 crore cash was recovered from Nainar Mohammed, one of the confidants of Vijayabaskar, and nearly Rs 1 crore was recovered from a person who was managing the funds of Vijayabaskar," the IT official told IANS.