Madurai : Former Union Minister and expelled DMK leader M K Alagiri surrendered before the Judicial Magistrate Court I on Tuesday in a case relating to alleged grabbing of land and was granted bail until Wednesday. Magistrate Triveni granted him bail on personal sureties given by two persons.
On August 28, the High Court had granted him bail until September 3 in the case and posted the hearing to that date. The district crime branch and anti-land grabbing special cell had filed a case against Alagiri, son of DMK chief M Karunanidhi, alleging that he had created false documents for the purpose of cheating and had grabbed 44 cents of land belonging to a Vinayagar temple for Dhya Engineering college at nearby Sivarakottai, run by a trust headed by him.
The complaint about the alleged land-grabbing had been lodged by the Assistant Commissioner of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR and CE) Board, Karunanidhi.
Justice K Kalyanasundaram granted bail to Alagiri until Sept 3 and posted the case for hearing on that date.
Alagiri, founder-president of MK Alagiri Educational Trust, had submitted that the Trust, set up to provide education for poor students, constructed the engineering college and purchased several tracts of land. The land was outside the college and purchased from Sampath through proper means by payment of cheque and sale deed.
