CB-CID tells Madras HC Rs 3.98 crore cash seizure linked to BJP chief Nagenthran warrants full-fledged trial

CHENNAI: The CB-CID has informed the Madras High Court that the material collected through investigation on the seizure of Rs 3.98 crore, during electioneering for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, from men linked to Tamil Nadu BJP president Nainar Nagenthran, on a.

What happened

It additionally vehemently resisted the petition filed by one of the accused persons in the case, S R Sekar, a BJP leader, seeking to quash the case and noted the seizure of cash and a copy of the identity card of Nagenthran along with railway EQ forms issued by him are "not isolated recovery but culmination of a larger conspiracy".

In practice, the CB-CID has filed a counter-affidavit before Justice V Lakshminarayanan in this regard lately.

In practice, the failure of the carriers to produce any contemporaneous and lawful documents showing the reason to keep and transport such massive cash, coupled with concealment and covert movement, strengthens the prosecution case, the counter-affidavit stated.

The bottom line

For now, CB-CID tells Madras HC Rs 3.98 crore cash seizure linked to BJP remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.