DMK worker held for bribing voters in RK Nagar bypolls

CHENNAI: Police arrested a DMK worker for distributing cash to voters of the RK Nagar constituency on Wednesday in Royapuram. Police seized `17,000 in cash and his car.

Based on the complaint of flying squad official

Kathirvel

, a case was registered. The man, identified as Karunanidhi, was the DMK secretary of Pammal unit in Pallavaram.

Some of the voters who noticed Karunanidhi distributing money on

Surya Narayanan Chetty Street

in

Kasimedu

, tipped off the election commission flying squad who rushed to the place and examined the car. Officials handed over Karunanidhi to the local police personnel to take further course of action.