One held for transferring ₹10cr for Dinakaran

The Delhi Police’s crime branch arrested a hawala operator from the city airport on Friday morning for allegedly transferring money for AIADMK deputy general secretary TTV Dinakaran.

Naresh, the accused, has been arrested for transferring around ₹10 crore from Dinakaran to middleman Sukesh Chandrashekhar via hawala channels. An officer said Naresh is a friend of Chan- drashekhar and has helped him to transfer money in the past too. The police said they would interrogate Naresh to identify other accused involved in the case.

The police have arrested Dinakaran and his aide Mallikarjun for allegedly paying middleman Chandrashekhar to get the party’s disputed two leaves symbol by bribing election officials. The police had recovered ₹1.30 crore in cash from Chandrashekhar’s room in a city five-star hotel. Chandrashekhar had allegedly assured Dinakaran that he would bribe election official and get a favourable decision in Dinakaran’s favour. The police team arrested Dinakaran earlier this week. The police have taken him to Chennai for investigation. They had first arrested Chandrashekhar on April 16. The police have alleged that Dinakaran promised Chandrashekhar ₹50 crore if he could manage the disputed two leaves symbol.

CHANDRASHEKAR CITES THREAT

Chandrashekhar, who has in the past been booked in at least 15 cheating cases, told a city court that he was threatened inside the premises. Sources said Chandrashekhar claimed that last week, before the court hearing, a man posing as a journalist approached him in court and warned him not to take names in court.

Following the complaint, police on Wednesday increased security outside the court and stopped journalists from being present during Chandrashekhar’s hearing.