A special court in Chennai has rejected the anticipatory bail application of former Tamil Nadu School Education Minister and DMK leader Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi in connection with an alleged Rs 100 crore bribery scam involving private school recognition and government approvals, as reported in Times of India.
Special Judge L S Sathiyamurthy dismissed the anticipatory bail petition filed by Anbil Mahesh, who was arrested by the Chennai Central Crime Branch (CCB) on October 26 following allegations that an organised network had collected crores of rupees from private school managements by promising to secure government recognition and other regulatory approvals.
According to the complaint, an unregistered association of private schools, allegedly headed by Arasakumar and former DMK MLA Muthukumaran, had collected approximately Rs 100 crore from private school managements on the promise of securing 20-year recognition and various other government approvals.
However, the association allegedly failed to deliver the promised recognition and approvals. The money collected was also reportedly not returned to the school managements, following which several schools approached the authorities and lodged criminal complaints.
During the subsequent investigation, the CCB police added Anbil Mahesh, who was serving as the School Education Minister at the time of the alleged transactions, as an accused in the case.
He was arrested on October 26 and subsequently subjected to custodial interrogation between November 2 and November 4.
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