India, Nov. 12 -- A man named as the sixth accused in the alleged private school recognition scam surrendered before a special court in Chennai on Wednesday and was remanded to judicial custody until November 25.

Saravanan, who worked as a driver for former DMDK MLA V Muthukumar, appeared before Judge L S Sathiyamurthy of the Special Court for cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The judge ordered that he be lodged in Puzhal Central Prison. He had been absconding since the Chennai Central Crime Branch (CCB) registered the case.

Investigators allege that money was collected from private schools during the previous DMK regime on the promise of securing permanent recognition and other approvals. The CCB registered the case followi...