Chennai, Nov 12:
The Madras High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing on the bail appeal filed by former DMK minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi to November 17, granting time to the Chennai Central Crime Branch (CCB) police to file its counter-affidavit.
When the criminal appeal came up before Justice V. Lakshminarayanan, State Public Prosecutor Hasan Mohamed Jinnah sought time on behalf of the investigating agency, submitting that former MLA Muthukumar had surrendered and was being taken into police custody for interrogation, while another accused, Saravanan, surrendered on Wednesday. Recording the submission, the judge directed the police to file their response and posted the matter for November 17.
Anbil Mahesh was arrested by the CCB on October 26 in connection with an alleged bribery scam involving collections of over Rs 100 crore from private school managements for granting official recognition during the previous DMK regime. A special court for corruption cases had dismissed his bail petition on November 10 and remanded him to judicial custody until November 18.