A special court on Thursday took cognisance of the charge sheet against alleged middleman Sukesh Chandrashekar in the attempted Election Commission bribery case involving AIADMK (Amma) deputy general secretary T.T.V. Dhinakaran.
Taking cognisance of the charge sheet, special judge Poonam Chaudhry issued production warrant for Chandrashekar and directed the Tihar jail authorities to produce him before the court on August 18.
According to the charge sheet, the police are yet to establish the alleged money trail in the deal between Chandrashekar and Dhinakaran to get the ‘two leaves’ symbol for the latter’s faction.
However, the police have informed the court that they would file a supplementary charge sheet against Dhinakaran and the remaining accused after completing the probe against them.
50-lakh deal
Earlier the police had said the deal was fixed for ₹50 lakh and a part of it had been paid to Sukesh.
The police have cited two media executives working for private television channels, the Director of Rajya Sabha Secretariat and the staff of the hotel from where Sukesh was arrested on April 16, besides Income Tax officials and policemen as witnesses in the case.
The charges
The charges against Chandrashekar include forgery of valuable security, forgery for the purpose of cheating, using forged document as genuine and possessing a forged document, intending to use it as genuine, personating a public servant and criminal conspiracy.
