TN: CID summons DMK MP Jagathrakshakan in land grab case

The Crime Investigation Department (CID) on Tuesday summoned Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP, S Jagathrakshakan to appear on September 23 in connection with alleged confiscation of 1.54 acre of land belonging to a leather factory in Chromepet.

Jagathrakshakan is a member of Parliament from Arakkonam constituency. He has been elected to the Lower House twice since 1999. He also served as Minister of State for Commerce and Industry in 2012-13 in the UPA government.

Further details are awaited in this case.