Chennai, Oct. 1 -- The Madras High Court on Thursday closed a petition seeking registration of a case against former AIADMK Minister C Vijayabaskar, now with the ruling TVK, over an alleged Rs.4-crore cheating fraud, after the police submitted there was no prima facie basis for the complaint.
The petition was filed by Dhana Vimal of Alangudi, who had sought an AIADMK ticket to contest the 2026 Assembly election. He alleged that Vijayabaskar had asked him to arrange Rs.5 crore to demonstrate his financial capacity to meet election expenses and assured him that the money would be returned after the candidate list was announced.
According to the petitioner, he mobilised Rs.4.5 crore and handed it over to contractor Sothupalai Murugesan at hi...