M.R. Vijayabhaskar, former AIADMK Minister, arrested in Karur land grab case

Former AIADMK Minister M.R. Vijayabhaskar arrested by CB-CID in alleged land grab case, brought to Karur for questioning.

Former AIADMK Minister M.R. Vijayabhaskar was arrested by the Crime Branch - Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 in connection with an alleged land grab case.

Acting on inputs that Mr. Vijayabhaskar was staying in Kerala, a CB-CID team tracked and arrested him there. He has been brought to Karur and taken to the CBCID office for questioning. He is likely to be produced before a court in Karur in the evening.

The Karur town police had registered a case against seven persons, most of them belonging to Karur, on a complaint lodged by Mohamed Abdul Kadhar, the Sub Registrar (in-charge), on June 9. In his complaint, Mr. Kadhar had said that the seven individuals had cheated him with forged documents when he tried to register a parcel of of land. He said he had only later come to know that one of the documents was forged. When he questioned them, they threatened him with dire consequences, he said.

Fearing that he might be named as an accused in the case, Mr. Vijayabhaskar, who is also the district secretary of the AIADMK, was absconding since then. The District Sessions Court in Karur had dismissed his anticipatory bail plea.

The case, which was originally registered at the Karur Taluk police station, was later transferred to the CB-CID.