Corporate firm involved in Rs 35 crore plot to poach TVK MLA: Chennai police; Senthilbalaji's brother seeks anticipatory bail

The alleged plan to poach MLAs from ruling TVK involved not merely politicians from opposition DMK but a corporate entity was also part of the plot, claimed Greater Chennai Police, adding that the company readied a war chest of Rs 180 crore to execute the plan.

- AJIKUMAR CHENNAI

Meanwhile, senior DMK leader V Senthilbalaji's brother V Ashok Kumar, who, the police said was involved in the plan, approached the Madras High Court seeking anticipatory bail on Friday (July 3).

Revealing details about the information that the police gathered during their investigation, Thanthi TV said in a report that the accused arrested in the case were staying in star hotels in Guindy and East Coast Road to hatch the plan in secret.

Corporate firm paid hotel rent, readied Rs 180 crore: Police

Their stay in the star hotel in Guindy was paid for by a corporate company, said the report, adding that the firm had allocated Rs 180 crore of its own funds to purchase TVK MLAs.