A week after being politically battered in the assembly elections in southern state of Tamil Nadu, the graft-tainted Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party suffered another major setback as an Indian court ordered the arrest of two of its senior leaders for their alleged involvement in India’s biggest corruption scandal.
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- Kanimozhi, daughter of DMK chief M. Karunanidhi was arrested Friday in one of India’s biggest corruption scandals.
Rejecting the bail applications of Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, lawmaker and daughter of DMK chief M. Karunanidhi, and another senior leader Sharad Kumar, the special court in New Delhi ordered they should be taken into custody with immediate effect, according to a Central Bureau of Investigation lawyer.
The 43-year old journalist-turned-member of Parliament Ms. Kanimozhi, whose name translates to “sweet language,” had been charged by the federal investigating agency of conspiring and accepting bribes to manipulate awarding of lucrative licenses in the allotment of mobile telephony spectrum in 2008.
She has denied the charges as has Mr. Kumar. The lawyers for both could not be reached for comment.
DMK chief M. Karunannidhi said at a television press conference Friday that he was “sad at Kani’s (Kanimozhi) arrest”.
He said the party will hold a high-level meeting soon to discuss the next step. The party’s spokesman couldn’t be reached.
The DMK duo will be sent to Delhi’s Tihar jail where the [...]
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