00:00A case has been filed against a Tamil Nadu leader for allegedly accepting bribe in crores of rupees to give
00:07approval to private schools, to be registered, to function.
00:11Was this an extortion racket being run?
00:13This case that has been filed, the big news that's coming in on your screen, is about DMK leader and
00:18former minister Anwal Mahesh,
00:20who's been arrested in connection with this case, alleging he received 100 crore rupees in bribe for granting approval to
00:27private schools.
00:28Terrible, as it is being investigated right now. Remember, this is not simply about corruption cases.
00:34Schools are the foundation when it comes to the future of the youth of that state of the country.
00:41Pramod Madhav with the details. Pramod, tell me more about Anwal Mahesh. Why is he being arrested now? What is
00:47the evidence against him?
00:48Well, Kooja, the important aspect over here is that he was the former education minister for the state of Tamil
00:53Nadu.
00:53And what happened is that, like, there was a former general secretary of a kind of institution called as Tamil
00:59Nadu Private Schools Association.
01:01He is the one who first alleged that the president of the association called as B.T. Aras Kumar and
01:05his associates gone ahead and they have served close to money,
01:08100 crores, all under the pretext of getting, securing NOCs.
01:13That is very, very essential and it is an annual kind of NOCs that is required. Licenses, recognitions and renewals
01:19for private schools.
01:20And this is a case that was filed against Aras Kumar.
01:23And now, like, this anticipatory bail of Anwal Mahesh was heard by the Midrassai court in the morning and the
01:29bail was not granted.
01:30And amidst this, now we have this information as the Tamil Nadu police has arrested the former education minister.
01:38Ramoth keep tracking the latest in this case as well because he'd been a former minister.
01:41Did he really get 100 crore rupees bribe?
01:43And how this will now be seen as a political showdown?
01:46But let's hope an impartial, independent investigation is done to really know what happened in this case.
