‘AIADMK govt. gave me a clean chit’
The Hindu
DMK govt. cannot reverse it, S.P. Velumani tells HC
Former Municipal Administration and Rural Development Minister S.P. Velumani has argued before the Madras High Court that the previous All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) government had dropped all further proceedings against him in a case alleging irregularities in award of corporation contracts and therefore the present Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) regime could not take a different stand. Appearing before Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi said that non-governmental organisation Arappor Iyakkam and DMK Rajya Sabha member R.S. Bharathi had moved the High Court in 2018 seeking a Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) probe into alleged irregularities in civil contracts awarded by Greater Chennai and Coimbatore Corporations. Passing interim orders on those petitions in 2019, a Bench led by Justice M. Sathyanarayanan (since retired) ordered a preliminary inquiry and specifically named Superintendent of Police R. Ponni to head the probe. Accordingly, the officer conducted a preliminary inquiry and submitted an exhaustive report to then DVAC Director on December 18, 2019 stating that no case had been made out for registration of a First Information Report (FIR).
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