Former Sub-Registrar of Murappanadu arrested in Meenakshi Temple trust land scam

Former Sub-Registrar of Murappanadu arrested in Meenakshi Temple trust land scam Published – August 21, 2026 11: 43 pm IST – Madurai.

Key points

• Madurai City Police have arrested Anantharaman, former Murappanadu Sub-Registrar (Thoothukudi district) in connection with the illegal registration of trust land serving Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple.
• The land was subsequently transferred to three others through pledging in July 2021 at the Vadamadurai Sub-Registrar office.
• This is 6th arrest created by Central Crime Branch sleuths probing the multi-crore land scam.
• The then Sub-Registrar had been named as the 15th accused in the case registered in July.
• Already, former Tahsildar, Anbalagan, and former VAO, Arasan, have been arrested in this case.

Madurai City Police have arrested Anantharaman, former Murappanadu Sub-Registrar (Thoothukudi district) in connection with the illegal registration of trust land serving Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple. He was arrested on Thursday.

In practice, the then Sub-Registrar had been named as the 15th accused in the case registered in July.

Anantharaman has been accused of illegally registering the land through a power of attorney to two accused identified as S. Ilayaraja of Usilampatti and P. Aneesh of Tiruvallur in April 2021 at the Murappanadu Sub-Registrar office.

Notably, the land was subsequently transferred to three others through pledging in July 2021 at the Vadamadurai Sub-Registrar office.

In short, former Sub-Registrar of Murappanadu arrested in Meenakshi Temple trust land scam is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.