AIADMK leader Dinakaran send to remand for 2 weeks

Chennai, May 1: The AIADMK leader TTV Dinakaran was sent to 14-day judicial custody by a court, who was accused of attempting to bribe poll officials to obtain the party's "two leaves" symbol, here on Monday.

The Special Justice Poonam Chaudhary had sent Dinakaran, who was the nephew of jailed AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala, to judicial custody till May 15 over the bribery allegations to obtain the disputed and now frozen party symbol.



Mallikarjuna, a long-time friend of Dinakaran, who was also arrested on April 25, was also remanded to judicial custody for a similar period.

The Delhi Police told the court, after receiving the order, that they did not require any further custodial interrogation of the accused persons.