AIADMK leader booked for ‘trying to bribe’ EC official

New Delhi, April 17 : The crime branch of Delhi Police booked AIADMK deputy general secretary TTV Dinakaran on Monday for allegedly trying to bribe an Election Commission official to get the ‘two leaves’ poll symbol in the by-election to RK Nagar Assembly seat. Dinakaran, a leader of the AIADMK faction led by his jailed aunt VK Sasikala, was booked following the arrest of Sukesh Chandrasekhar, a middleman, from a five-star hotel here on Sunday.“It has been learnt that Sukesh had struck a deal for Rs 50 crore for helping the AIADMK faction keep the ‘two leaves’ symbol. Police have recovered Rs 1.3 crore from Sukesh and two cars–a BMW and a Mercedes–have also been seized,” said a senior police officer. Sukesh is being interrogated to know about his profile and his connection with any EC official, he said. The Election Commission had frozen the AIADMK’s ‘two leaves’ symbol after the two factions led by Sasikala and former chief minister O Panneerselvam staked claim to it.