Chennai Dec 17 PTI The Madras High Court on Friday refused anticipatory bail to AIADMK former Milk and Dairy Development minister K T Rajhenthrabhalaji and his accomplice Vijayanallathambi who apprehended arrest in connection with a case registered against them by the Virudhunagar police on charges of cheating persons after collecting crores of rupees on false promise of securing them jobs Justice M Nirmal Kumar who dismissed the advance bail applications observed that in the case of job racketeering the anxiety and gullibility are exploited by the persons who are in position or persons who have access and proximity In this case Vijayanallathambi making use of his position and proximity with the Minister as the secretary of the District Youth Wing and Legal Wing and Vembakottai West Union secretary of the AIADMK in Virudhunagar district exploited the situation Rajhenthrabhalaji being passive approved his misdeeds In this process innocent persons had lost their money and future which cannot be ignored Only a thorough investigation can unearth the deep rooted conspiracy and the involvement of the role played by each of the accused This Court on the facts and circumstances of the case is not inclined to entertain both the anticipatory bail petitions and the same are liable to be dismissed and are dismissed the judge said The court also directed the police to conclude the investigation giving top priority within a stipulated time The judge noted that the antecedents of Vijayanallathambi showed that from 2015 onwards he had been successfully cheating several job aspirants by collecting huge sums of money Though he had switched loyalty from one party to another his act of cheating job aspirants continued In this case he was not a stranger and he was a prominent person holding high position in the political party PTI CORR SA BN BN

Chennai Oct 30 PTI The Madras High Court has quashed criminal cases pending against two DMK ministers -- T M Anbarasan and Ma Subramaniam -- and 16 others before the Special Court for cases against MPs and MLAs in the City Justice M Nirmal Kumar quashed the proceedings while allowing two criminal original petitions from the 18 persons on October 27 Anbarasan is presently state Minister for Rural Industries while Subramanian holds the Health and Family Welfare portfolio The charge against the petitioners was that they had indulged in violence during a civic bye-election in April 2005 They had allegedly also set fire to the car of A Santosh the then councillor of 136th division who had lodged the complaint Allowing the petitions Justice Nirmal Kumar noted that there was nothing to show the presence of smell and traces of petrol in the damaged car The person who had lost the vehicle the complainant clearly stated that the accused were not the cause for the fire and he had mistakenly given their names The petitioners and the complainant belong to rival political parties and there seems to be some animosity among them and on the date of occurrence a surcharged atmosphere prevailed due to corporation bye-election The complainant also was not sure the reason for the fire on his vehicle There was nothing on record to show that the vehicle was set on fire by using petrol The Observation Mahazar and Rough Sketch were not referred to by any of the witnesses Further the statements and documents had reached the court belatedly No reason was given for the delay Above all the case was pending without any progress for nearly a decade In view of the above continuation of the proceedings against the petitioners would amount to abuse of process of law the judge said and quashed the proceedings pending before the Special Court PTI CORR SA BN BN