Cases Against 2 Tamil Nadu Ministers Over 2005 Poll Violence Set Aside
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Madras High Court set aside criminal cases against T M Anbarasan, Ma Subramaniam and 16 others for violence during a 2005 civic bypoll
The Madras High Court has quashed criminal cases pending against two DMK ministers -- T M Anbarasan and Ma Subramaniam -- and 16 others before the Special Court for cases against MPs and MLAs in the city.
Justice M Nirmal Kumar quashed the proceedings, while allowing two criminal original petitions from the 18 persons on October 27.
Ms Anbarasan is now state Minister for Rural Industries, and Mr Subramanian holds the Health and Family Welfare portfolio.
The charge against the petitioners was that they had indulged in violence during a civic bypoll in April 2005. They had allegedly also set fire to the car of A Santosh, the then councillor of 136th division, who had lodged the complaint.
