On Wednesday, the Madras High Court surrendered the performance of the Minister of Water Resources Duraimurugan and his wife D. Shanthakumari before a special court for the prevention of the Corruption Act in Chennai in connection with the disproportionate case of assets that was booked against them.
Justice N. Sathish Kumar approved a provisional order under a petition submitted to the accused who questioned the rejection of a special court in Chennai to transfer court proceedings in the case of corruption to a special court for Members in Vellore, because the chairman of the accused was MLA and Minister.
After hearing the arguments filed by the leader P. Wilson, to support the transfer of the transfer, the judge ordered another KMD prosecutor Muhilan to ensure that he would undergo a detailed countermeasure by 22 October against corruption until 22 October.
In 2011, twenty booked a couple on the basis of accusing that he accumulated 1.15 GBP Crore inadvertently their well -known sources of income between April 1, 2006 and 31.
According to the prosecution, a couple had in possession of cash sources and real estate worth 77.46 Lakhs at the beginning of the inspection period 1 April 2006, but their wealth during the end of the inspection period 21 March 2009 reproduced to 2.77 Crore according to income tax and other documents.
After receiving the income acquired during the inspection period and the expenditure, the prosecutor’s office reached the number 1,15 GBP to be disproportionate to their known sources of income. 31 January 2017, however, the chief judge Vallore released a couple of the case.
He immediately filed twenty to a criminal revision before the High Court and stayed until more than eight years until the judge P. Velmurugan 24th April 2025 turned the order to release and ordered the couple to face the court. Meanwhile, the case was transferred from Vellore to Chennai.
The Minister and his wife, therefore, filed a note before a special court in Chennai to bring the thing back to Vellore. The Special Court rejected the note 21. August 2025 and issued an arrest warrant against the minister, Wilson said, trying to abandon the appearance of the couple before a special court.
Published – 10 September 2025 20:39
