Anbil Mahesh’s Bail Petition, Police Plea For Custody Adjourned To Monday
Chennai court postpones the former minister’s bail hearing and police custody plea to November 2; former DMK MLA V. Muthukumar remanded till November 12.
The special court for corruption in Chennai on Thursday posted the bail petition of former school education minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi and the police petition seeking his custody for interrogation to November 2. Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin on Thursday visited Mahesh in the Puzhal prison for the second time.
The judge L.S. Sathiamurthy directed the Chennai Central Crime Bureau (CCB) to file their counter for the bail petition submitted by the former minister besides another petition seeking the return of electronic gadgets seized from him. In his bail petition, the former minister said the ground of arrest was not communicated to him and no arrest memorandum was issued. He said the police did not comply with the procedure prescribed under section 36 of the BNSS. Mahesh said custodial interrogation was not necessary since there is no specific material warranting his detention.
Meanwhile, the second accused in the school approval scam and former DMK MLA V. Muthukumar surrendered before the special court in Chennai on Thursday. He was remanded to judicial custody till November 12.
State Public Prosecutor R. John Sathyan, arguing against the anticipatory bail for Mahesh, submitted that Mahesh had given an assurance to the second accused Muthukumar who will turn up only if Mahesh was arrested. Muthukumar had surrendered on Thursday after the arrest of Anbil Mahesh.
