CHENNAI:
The Madras High Court has closed a petition seeking registration of a case against former Minister C Vijayabaskar over an alleged ₹4-crore financial fraud, after the police informed the court that their inquiry had found no prima facie basis for the complaint.
The petition was filed by Dhana Vimal of Alangudi, who had sought an AIADMK ticket to contest the 2026 Assembly election. He alleged that Vijayabaskar had asked him to arrange ₹5 crore to demonstrate his financial capacity to meet election expenses and assured him that the money would be returned after the candidate list was announced.
According to the petitioner, he mobilised ₹4.5 crore and handed it over to contractor Sothupalai Murugesan at his office in Pudukkottai on March 11, 2026. After his candidature was announced, he claimed that only ₹50 lakh was returned and the remaining ₹4 crore was not repaid. He subsequently approached the police and the High Court seeking action.
When the matter came up again before Justice V Lakshminarayanan, the police submitted that the Pudukkottai DSP had conducted an inquiry into the complaint and found no prima facie basis for the allegations against Vijayabaskar.
Accepting the police report, the judge closed the petition seeking a direction to conduct an investigation. The allegations made in the petition have therefore not resulted in registration of a criminal case against Vijayabaskar in this matter.