NEW DELHI: A chargesheet has been filed in a special court against an alleged middleman arrested in the Election Commission bribery case involving AIADMK (Amma) faction leader TTV Dinakaran. It, however, does not include the leader in the final report. Authorities said a supplementary charge sheet would be filed against Dinakaran and other accused after they complete the probe against him.
A senior police official associated with the case said the chargesheet was filed against Suresh Chandrasekhar, who was arrested on April 16 and has been bailed twice by the sessions court, and then again by the Delhi High Court. Charges against him include forgery of valuable security, forgery for purpose of cheating, using forged document as genuine and possessing a forged document and intending to use it as genuine. If convicted, the offences carry a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
Chandrasekhar was arrested for allegedly taking money from Dinakaran to bribe Election Commission officials to get the AIADMK's original two leaves symbol for Sasikala's faction. As per Delhi Police Crime Branch, they had seized a fake identity card of a Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament with security features from Chandrasekhar. Pound 130,000 in cash was also allegedly recovered from him at the time of the raid at a hotel.
