False case against me, septuagenarian tells court, seeks bail

A septuagenarian has approached a court here claiming that a false case of possession of ganja was slapped on him as he had opposed a "land grab" bid allegedly by an AIADMK legislator.
Vedagan, in his bail plea before the Principal Special Judge for narcotics cases here, claimed that the case lodged against him by the police was false.
The RK Nagar police had, in its FIR, alleged that the 74 -year-old man was found in possession of 2,100 kgs of ganja. He was arrested on April 19 last.
When the matter came up for hearing, the special public prosecutor objected to the elderly man's bail plea.

The petitioner's counsel submitted that the case against his client was false and was filed at the instance of an AIADMK MLA who "tried to grab property worth about Rs 1,000 crore, which was opposed by the petitioner".
He further submitted that the petitioner was a social activist and president of the local Ezhil Nagar Welfare Association.

The government had allotted around 250 acres of land to 4,000 members of the association.
Since the allocation was not properly handed over by the government, the petitioner had filed cases in the Madras High Court and obtained a favourable order for the association.

Still, an AIADMK MLA allegedly threatened the petitioner that he would get the lands "released", dispossessing the association of the property allocation, and it was opposed by the petitioner, submitted his counsel.
He alleged that at the instance of the MLA and "rowdy elements", a false case was lodged by the police against the petitioner.
Though the judge dismissed the bail plea holding that the probe was at an initial stage, he directed the Police Commissioner to nominate an officer, known for his integrity, to pursue the case and submit a report.