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TTV Dinakaran and Malikaarjun sent to police custody for 5 days

The two have been sent to police custody and will be taken to Bangalore, Kochi and Chennai.

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Ousted AIADMK leader TTV Dinakaran and Mallikaarjun have been sent to police custody for 5 days. Seeking custody of duo, the investigating officer claimed that in order to establish the money trail, the police would need to take them to Bangalore, Kochi and Chennai. This comes after he was arrested by the Delhi Police last night in a bribery case.  Vikas Pahwa, senior advocate for Dinakaran said they have not justified his arrest.  He said: "They questioned him for four-and-a-half days. He claimed that his client never met Sukesh. He further added: “Crime branch seeks 7-day custody to take him to Chennai, Bangalore and Kochi. Their arguments for his police custody are bogus. They have not shown any transcripts of conversations as per their claims. Why was media not allowed, it's not a rape case or anything. Media should have been allowed!”

Meanwhile, DCP crime Madhur Verma said: “In FIR no 56/17 Sukesh Chandrashekar was arrested with bribe money. TTV Dinakaran has been arrested for attempting to bribe EC official and arranging the money from undisclosed sources. And transferring the money from Chennai to Delhi. Malikarjun has been assisting him.”

He further said that role of EC officials had been verified but he couldn’t comment on Janardan. 

Dramatic developments unfolded on Tuesday midnight, as after four days of marathon grilling, the Delhi Police finally arrested Dinakaran in the case involving the bribing of an Election Commission official to get the party's 'two-leaves' symbol.

Besides Dinakaran, his aide Mallikarjuna was also arrested under IPC Section 170- Personating a public servant, and Section 120 B- Punishment of criminal conspiracy.

During his third day of interrogation by the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police yesterday, Dinakaran finally accepted that he met Sukesh Chandrashekhar, the man alleged to be the middleman in his bribery dealing with the Election Commission of India (ECI).

Dinakaran, sources say, initially refused to have known Sukesh. He later accepted meeting him when Sukesh himself gave the details of his meeting with the former.

However, Dinakaran maintained that he did not pay any money to Sukesh.

The Crime Branch of the Delhi Police now has to establish the possible reasons for which the two might have met. For this, they have sought of the help of the EC official who helped him dealing with the poll watchdog.

Searches are also being conducted at Sukesh's Kochi residence to trace the amount paid to him.

Details of calls made and received, and messages sent and received are also being sought.

It is being said that the Crime Branch was trying to get to the core of the issue and believes a nexus is at work, which is run by a higher authority.

Earlier on Sunday, Dinakaran was cross examined along with his 'friend' Mallikarjuna and P.A. Janardhanan, sources state.

They were quizzed about the money trail of the alleged bribe. Also, the matter of Dinakaran staying over with Mallikarjuna for around 10 days after an FIR was filed against him was also brought up during the interrogation.

On Saturday, Dinakaran was given a set of questions by the Delhi Police in connection with the case.

On Thursday, a team of the Delhi Police Crime Branch reached Chennai and served a notice on Dinakaran and asked him to join the probe.

The Delhi Police had issued a lookout notice against Dinakaran on Tuesday.

The police had arrested and sent Sukesh to custody for allegedly striking a deal of Rs. 50 crore to help the Dinakaran faction keep the 'two leaves' poll symbol.

The Crime Branch recovered approximately Rs. 1.3 crore and two luxury cars, a BMW and a Mercedes, from Chandrashekhar.

Chandrasekhar was picked up from the Hyatt hotel and was produced at the residence of Special Judge Poonam Chaudhry, who allowed the Delhi Police's plea to interrogate the accused for eight days.

Dinakaran was also named as an accused in the FIR, filed by the Delhi Police Crime Branch.

Dinakaran's faction contested on the hat symbol for the R.K. Nagar assembly by-polls, after the Election Commission froze their two leaves symbol while acknowledging the split in the party.

The polling was later cancelled by the Election Commission.

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