Via PTI
NEW DELHI: The ED has summoned AMMK chief T T V Dhinakaran this week for wondering in a cash laundering case connected to alleged bribing of Election Fee officers to get the AIADMK’s ‘two leaves’ image for the VK Sasikala faction, officers stated on Wednesday.
The transfer comes after the company just lately arrested jailed ‘conman’ and every other accused on this case, Sukesh Chandrashekhar. Each Dhinakaran and Chandrashekhar have been arrested via the Delhi Police crime department in 2017.
Officers stated they have got recorded the remark of Chandrashekhar on this case early this month and now they need to query Dhinakaran to take the probe ahead.
The 58-year-old AMMK normal secretary has been requested to depose earlier than the company right here on April 8, they stated. His remark might be recorded below the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA) as soon as he deposes.
Chandrashekar used to be arrested in April 2017 from a 5 famous person resort via the Delhi Police for allegedly taking cash from Dhinakaran to bribe EC officers to get the AIADMK’s ‘two leaves’ image for the VK Sasikala faction in a by-election to the R Okay Nagar meeting seat in Tamil Nadu.
Dhinakaran, who used to be fee sheeted via the police, used to be additionally arrested via the Delhi Police after 4 days of wondering for allegedly making an attempt to bribe EC officers for the logo.
The bypoll used to be necessitated via the dying of the then Tamil Nadu leader minister J Jayalalithaa, who represented the meeting seat.
The EC had frozen the AIADMK’s image after the 2 factions — one led via Dhinakaran’s aunt Sasikala and the opposite via former leader minister O Panneerselvam — staked a declare to it.
Dhinakaran’s shut aide Mallikarjuna used to be additionally arrested for allegedly facilitating a Rs 50 crore deal between him and Chandrashekar.
Dhinakaran used to be the treasurer of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and used to be expelled from the birthday party in August 2017 along side Jayalalithaa’s confidante Sasikala. He later introduced his political birthday party known as the Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK).