TTV Dinakaran arrested in Delhi for attempting to bribe EC for 'Two-Leaves' symbol

The arrest of TTV Dinakaran, comes after four days of questing by the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police. Dinakaran, along with his assistant Janarthanan and friend Mallikarjuna were interrogated together. Dinakaran and Mallikarjun were arrested by the Delhi police crime branch on late Tuesday night. Some reports suggest that Janardhan may become a witness in the case.

Dinakaran was today called for questioning at 5 PM at the Crime Branch Inter State Cell office in Chanakyapuri and was arrested around midnight, Praveer Ranjan, Joint Commissioner of Police (crime), said. His longtime friend Mallikarjuna has also been arrested after being quizzed for the second day on the trot, he also said.

Mallikarjuna had been accompanying Dinakaran everywhere ever since Sukesh Chandrsekar, the middleman in the EC bribery case, was arrested, police said.

Dinakaran had yesterday confessed to meeting Chandrsekar, assuming he was a high court judge.

The middleman Sukesh Chandrasekhar, who had been arrested earlier, spoke briefly to media persons on Tuesday and said that he was being framed in the case because of his past crimes. He also said that he was being made a victim in the case and denied any involvement.

An FIR was registered against Dinakaran on April 17 by the Delhi Police for attempting to bribe officials of the Election Commission in order to get the frozen two-leaves symbol allotted to his faction.

The AIADMK Deputy General Secretary had flown to Delhi on Saturday after a summons was issued to him at his residence by the Delhi Police earlier in the week.