EC bribery case: Delhi Court asks cops to file supplementary charge sheet by Dec 5

A court in the national capital has asked Delhi Police to file a supplementary charge sheet in the Election Commission bribery case, involving AIADMK (Amma) leader TTV Dhinakaran, by 5th of next month. 

Special judge Poonam Chaudhary also extended the judicial custody of Sukesh Chandrashekhar, an alleged middleman in the case, till 23rd of this month. The police in its charge sheet had claimed that money recovered from Chandrashekar was sent by Dhinakaran



through unaccounted channels with the help of other accused persons.

Dinakaran, accused of trying to bribe Election Commission officials to get the "two leaves" poll symbol for the AIADMK faction led by VK Sasikala, was arrested in April and was granted bail on 1st June.

The police had accused Chandrashekhar, Dinakaran and others of hatching a criminal conspiracy to bribe the Election Commission officials.