Former minister KD Rajendra Balaji, who was wanted in a fraud case, was arrested by the personal police in Karnataka on Wednesday. Two more people were arrested, including the AIADMK executive who was with him.
Former minister KD Rajendra Balaji has said that he will hire people in various fields for Rs. Vijaya Nallathambi, brother of former legislator Kalimuthu and former AIADMK executive of Vembakkottai, has lodged a complaint with the Virudhunagar District Crime Branch alleging fraud of Rs 3 crore.
Following this, Rajendra Balaji, his aides Baburaj, Balaraman and Muthupandi were arrested by the District Crime Branch Police on Nov. The case was registered on the 15th.
Meanwhile, a petition filed by Rajendra Balaji seeking his release from the case was dismissed on Dec. On the 17th the Chennai High Court dismissed. Rajendra Balaji suddenly disappeared as he might be arrested following that.
8 special forces were set up to arrest him. Police, who have been searching for Rajendra Balaji for the past two weeks, rushed there on suspicion that he may have been hiding in Kerala and Karnataka. However, the whereabouts of Rajendra Balaji could not be ascertained. Subsequently, the police issued look-out notices to all airports to prevent him from fleeing abroad.
Meanwhile, private forces who had been monitoring Rajendra Balaji talking on his cell phone with his relatives confirmed that he was in Karnataka. 185 km from Bangalore. Private police received a tip-off that he had been staying for the past 4 days at a private hotel in the remote town of Hassan.
Following this, Hassan’s Special Forces police on Wednesday, with the help of Hassan district police, located Rajendra Balaji’s whereabouts. Rajendra Balaji, who knew the police were coming, escaped in a car. He was followed by Special Forces police who reversed the car in front of the Hassan District Collector’s Office and arrested him. The Special Forces also arrested Pandiyarajan (35), secretary of the AIADMK IT division in Virudhunagar West district, and Ganesan, a relative of Rajendra Balaji, who were with him at the time. Police have also arrested two more persons for allegedly helping Rajendra Balaji to escape.
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