CBI quizzes DMK functionary over cash-for-votes

Officials of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday questioned Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) functionary PoonjolaiSrinivasan in Vellore district in connection with the cash-for-vote scandal during the 2019 general elections, said an official. Srinivasan is said to be close to DMK General Secretary Duraimurugan and his son D.M.KathirAnand, a Member of Parliament representing Vellore constituency. Interestingly CBI officials questioned Srinivasan a couple of days after Anand had complained that two persons claiming to be from the Intelligence Bureau had barged into his room in Tamil Nadu House and threatened him. Raising the issue in the LokSabha, Anand had said that the two men wanted to know the issues that would be raised by him and his party in the LokSabha. In 2019, the LokSabha polls for Vellore seat got cancelled amid allegations of suspected use of money to influence voters. The Election Commission had said it had recommeneded countermanding of the polls based on the "detection of a systematic design to influence voters" in the Vellore constituency. (IANS)

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