A special court in New Delhi today decided to consider the charge sheet filed by the police against a middleman in AIADMK symbol bribery case. <br/><br/>The middleman was arrested in the case involving AIADMK (Amma) faction leader TTV Dhinakaran.<br/><br/>Special Judge Poonam Chaudhry listed the case for 25 of this month to check whether the documents filed along with the charge sheet were complete. The court also extended till that day the judicial custody of alleged middleman Sukesh Chandrashekar.<br/><br/>Delhi Police Crime Branch, in its over 700-page charge sheet alleged that Dhinakaran and Chandrashekar had conspired to bribe the Election Commission officials to get the two leaves symbol for their party.<br/><br/>The police has told the court that a supplementary final report would be filed later against other accused who are out on bail, after completing the probe against them.<br/><br/>Dhinakaran's faction had hoped to obtain the symbol for the bypoll to the R K Nagar Assembly seat in Tamil Nadu which was later cancelled by the Election Commission after the alleged irregularities surfaced. The bypoll was necessitated by the death of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa who represented the constituency.
News On AIR | July 17, 2017 5:40 PM
EC bribery case: Court to consider charge sheet on July 25