EC bribery case: Delhi police arrives in Chennai to serve notice to Dinakaran

April 19, 2017 23:41

A team of Delhi Police tonight arrived in Chennai to serve a notice to AIADMK leader TTV Dinakaran for joining the probe in a case involving the bribing of an Eelection Commission official to get the 'two-leaves' symbol for his faction.

Yesterday, Delhi Police had issued a lookout notice against the leader.

The lookout notice was issued in the wake of inputs that Dinakaran was an NRI and could try to flee the country, police said.

The AIADMK-Amma deputy general secretary is already facing the heat as the K Palaniswami Cabinet revolted against him last night and decided to keep him and his family out of the party and the government.

Immigration officials have been alerted, police said.

Dinakaran today virtually questioned the need for the lookout notice, saying how could he flee the country when his passport was "in court" for 20 years.

Earlier the Crime Branch had arrested an alleged middleman, Sukesh Chandrashekhar here in connection with the matter.

He claimed that he had told Dinakaran that he will get a favourable verdict from the Election Commission of India in the party symbol case, he said.

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