Chennai: DMK leader and former school education minister Anbil Mahesh has approached the Madras high court seeking anticipatory bail., apprehending arrest in connection with the ₹100 crore private schools recognition cheating case.Anbil Mahesh moved the bail application after the high court refused him interim relief from police action in a plea seeking to quash the FIR registered against him in connection with the case. On Thursday, when the plea came up for hearing, Justice V Lakshminarayanan directed Chennai Central Crime Branch (CCB) police to file its response and adjourned the hearing to Oct 16.The issue pertains to a complaint alleging that more than ₹100 crore was illegally collected during the previous govt by promising to secure permanent recognition, DTCP and CMDA approvals, and other statutory clearances for more than 1,000 private schools.Based on the complaint, Chennai CCB initially registered a case against a private school’s association president P T Arasakumar and others. Subsequently, Anbil Mahesh was also added as an accused in the case, invoking the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
