TTV put on trial in EC bribery case

Special Judge Ajay Bharadwaj ordered to put Dhinakaran on trial for the offence punishable under sections 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 201 (destruction of evidence) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and under the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act.

The court directed Dhinakaran to appear before it on December 4, when it will formally frame the charges.

Reacting to the order, Dhinakaran said he would prove that the case filed against him was false. “I will prove through court that this is only a false case,” he said in his twitter handle.

Dhinakaran, who had floated the Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam after being expelled from the AIADMK, was arrested in April 2017 here and was later granted bail.

Alleged middleman Sukesh Chandrasekar, who is currently in judicial custody, was also ordered to be put on trial in the case for the offence punishable under sections 120B and 201 of IPC and under the PC Act.