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EC bribery case: After 4 days of questioning, AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran arrested

AIADMK (Amma) leader TTV Dhinakaran, who is accused of trying to bribe an Election Commission official in a bid to retain the 'two-leaves' symbol of party, has been arrested by Delhi Police.
EC bribery case: After 4 days of questioning, TTV Dhinakaran arrested
AIADMK (Amma) leader TTV Dhinakaran, who is accused of trying to bribe an Election Commission official in a bid to retain the 'two-leaves' symbol of party, has been arrested by Delhi Police.
Key Highlights
  • For the past four days, Dhinakaran was being grilled by the Delhi Police
  • Sources said Dhinakaran had confessed to have met Sukesh, the arrested middleman
  • Dhinakaran's aide Mallikarjuna has also been arrested
NEW DELHI: AIADMK (Amma) leader TTV Dhinakaran was arrested Tuesday night after four days of questioning by Delhi Police.
He is accused of attempting to bribe an Election Commission official for retaining the party's poll symbol of "two-leaves" for his faction.
Dhinakaran was called today for questioning at 5pm 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 said.
Mallikarjuna had been accompanying Dhinakaran everywhere ever since Sukesh Chandrsekar , the middleman in the EC bribery case, was arrested, police said.
Dhinakaran had on Monday confessed to meeting Chandrsekar, assuming he was a high court judge.
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