Former Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam, now a Member of the Legislative Assembly representing Bodinayakkanur, and his son P. Ravindranath, a Member of Parliament representing Theni, have approached the Madras High Court to quash two First Information Reports (FIRs) registered against them for allegedly furnishing false information regarding their assets and income in the election affidavits filed in 2021 and 2019 respectively.
Justice M. Nirmal Kumar on Friday directed the Theni District Crime Branch and the complainant, P. Milany, to respond by Tuesday. In their identical quash petitions, the father-son duo, belonging to the AIADMK, stated that the complainant was a member of their rival party, the DMK.
However, he had suppressed the fact while lodging the complaint before a judicial magistrate designated as a special court for cases against legislators in Theni.
