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High Court Blocks Anticipatory Bail in Rs 100 Crore Case

By Drooid · Oct 27, 2026, 10:14 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Mahesh bail denied

Chennai Police’s Central Crime Branch arrested former Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi in a Rs 100 crore corruption case.
Madras High Court denied Mahesh’s anticipatory bail on Monday, allowing the arrest to continue.
TVK’s IT wing launched a social-media campaign accusing DMK of ‘corruption-soaked’ leadership, referencing the Mahesh case.
Health Minister KG Arunraj dismissed DMK leader Dindigul Leoni’s Ramayana analogy as expected rhetoric, saying the public is unsurprised.

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Stalin condemns jailbreak

Former Tamil Nadu chief minister M.K. Stalin said the Theni sub-jail escape was the first mass breakout since 1995.
Stalin called the Vijay-led government “good-for-nothing” after the incident.
Police deployed drones, temporary check-posts and forest searches, recapturing four escapees while 13 remain at large.
Inmates staged an epileptic seizure, injuring three staff members during the Thekkampatti sub-jail breakout.

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Historical Context

Repeated breaches at Delhi’s Tihar jail—Charles Sobhraj’s 1986 guard-party escape, Sher Singh Rana’s 2004 breakout, and a 2015 tunnel escape—have unfolded amid chronic overcrowding (14,059 inmates versus a 5,200 capacity in 2023). The same security lapses echo in Tamil Nadu, where Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi faces a INR100 crore corruption probe and M.K. Stalin’s sub-jail raid freed 13 prisoners.

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Mahesh bail denied

Chennai Police’s Central Crime Branch arrested former Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi in a Rs 100 crore corruption case.
Madras High Court denied Mahesh’s anticipatory bail on Monday, allowing the arrest to continue.
TVK’s IT wing launched a social-media campaign accusing DMK of ‘corruption-soaked’ leadership, referencing the Mahesh case.
Health Minister KG Arunraj dismissed DMK leader Dindigul Leoni’s Ramayana analogy as expected rhetoric, saying the public is unsurprised.

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