Delhi Police have thrown an elaborate security arrangement in and around the Inter State Cell (ISC) office of Crime Branch where TTV Dinakaran, the sidelined deputy general secretary of All India Anna Dravida Munetra Kazgham (AIADMK) was being grilled along with Sukesh Chandrasekhar and his secretary Jandardan. Sukesh has been arrested by the Crime Branch after he was trying to bribe officials of Election Commission of India (ECI) to get the “Two leaves” symbol of AIADMK to Sasikala Natarajan faction.
Residents of the police compound at Teen Murti Marg faced inconvenience on Saturday as there was heavy security and checking owing to AIADMK (Amma) leader TTV Dinakaran’s appearance before police for questioning here.
Dinakaran, accused of bribing an ECI official to retain the ‘two-leaves’ election symbol for his faction, was expected to arrive for questioning by the Crime Branch here.
The office of the ISC office of Crime Branch is located inside the police compound and from 6 am in the morning there were aremed police personnnel stationed at the main entrance of the complex.
Residents, who were entering the premises, were asked to produce ID cards by cops. Those who weren’t carrying ID cards were asked to call their family members from inside and were only allowed entry after their family members came to vouch for them.
While Dinakaran arrived only around 3.15 pm, residents were being stopped right from morning. “We weren’t even intimated that there would be such strict checking. Every time we are returning, we are being asked to show ID cards,” said a resident.
Police personnel stationed there said that they have been given instructions to ensure that no mediaperson enters the complex.
“Some mediapersons had managed to come inside the complex in the morning on the pretext of buying things from a shop. But as soon as they started moving towards the office, they were sent back,” said another resident.
Delivery boys were also stopped and asked to produce invoice and the address where they were delivering was thoroughly checked, said another resident. Police, however, said it was a precautionary measure to ensure that no suspicious person gets inside the premises.