It was sheer desperation to win the party symbol of 'two leaves' and the burning desire to become Tamil Nadu Chief Minister that drove TTV Dinakaran to bribe the Election Commission through an alleged middleman Sukesh Chandrashekhar. With Sasikala in prison, it seemed like his last chance to come back to power. The disgraced All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader revealed to crime branch officials the reason behind him bribing the EC during his interrogation. Dinakaran was arrested along with Mallikaarjun, who had allegedly arranged the first installment of Rs 10 crore bribe through a businessman based in Tamil Nadu. Mediapersons were not allowed inside the court room.
It was sheer desperation to win the party symbol of 'two leaves' and the burning desire to become Tamil Nadu Chief Minister that drove TTV Dinakaran to bribe the Election Commission through an alleged middleman Sukesh Chandrashekhar. With Sasikala in prison, it seemed like his last chance to come back to power. The disgraced All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader revealed to crime branch officials the reason behind him bribing the EC during his interrogation.
Dinakaran was arrested along with Mallikaarjun, who had allegedly arranged the first installment of Rs 10 crore bribe through a businessman based in Tamil Nadu. Mediapersons were not allowed inside the court room.
A Delhi court on Wednesday sent them to five day police custody. A team of Crime Branch officials along with the duo will reach Chennai on Thursday morning. Police sources reveal that they had recovered a CD from Chandrashekhar's room in Hyatt hotel which has conference call conversations of the people involved in the bribery case.
While questioning Dinakaran, the police officials confronted him with his call records to establish that Chandrashekhar was in touch with Mallikarajun as it was he who used to fix the conference calls further to Dinakaran and Janardhan.
A day before Chandrashekhar was arrested, a conversation had taken place through a WhatsApp call. The mention of the CD was made by Chandrashekhar's counsel in the court. Dinkaran's associates told the police about a few Delhi-based politicians who might have been involved in the deal but due to lack of evidence could not collaborate this claim.
Hawala operators based out of Chennai in their statements told the investigating agency that they have been working with Dinakaran for a long time. On his instance through Mallikarjun, the money was taken from a businessman in Tamil Nadu and handed over to Chandrashekhar.
Amidst heavy security and closed door court proceedings Additional Sessions Judge Poonam Chaudhary sent Dinakaran and Mallikarjun in five days police custody. The counsel from the police argued that the two accused need to be taken to Chennai, Bangalore and Kochi to identify the money trail and the hawala opeators. Chandrashekhar had told the investigating officers that apart from Delhi, meetings were held in these cities as well.
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