CHENNAI: A special court in Chennai has rejected the anticipatory bail application of former DMK school education minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, who was arrested in connection with an alleged Rs 100 crore bribery scam involving private school recognition and government approvals.Special Judge L S Sathiyamurthy dismissed the anticipatory bail application filed by Anbil Mahesh.The Chennai Central Crime Branch (CCB) police arrested him following a complaint alleging that an unregistered association of private schools, headed by Arasakumar and former DMK MLA Muthukumaran, had collected bribes amounting to Rs 100 crore by promising to secure 20-year recognition and various other government approvals for private schools.However, as the accused allegedly failed to secure the promised recognition or return the money collected, school managements lodged criminal complaints.Following an inquiry, the CCB police added Anbil Mahesh, who was then the school education minister, as a co-accused and arrested him on October 26.He was subjected to custodial interrogation from November 2 to 4.
