Bootlegger wins polls, seeks release
Officials are in a quandary as the wife of a jailed hooch seller, who won in the local body polls, has petitioned Collector Amar Kuswaha to release him and allow him to assume office on Wednesday.
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Krishnan (37), a resident of Indra Nagar in Valayambattu panchayat in Alangayam panchayat union, was arrested a week before the polls for transporting and selling arrack.
But, he won in his ward. His wife petitioned the Collector to allow him to assume office as a ward member on Wednesday.
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