Madras High Court closes plea seeking FIR against former Tamil Nadu minister

The Madras High Court has closed a petition seeking registration of an FIR against former Tamil Nadu minister C. Vijayabaskar over an alleged ₹4 crore cheating complaint. Justice V.

Lakshminarayanan closed the petition on October 1 after Additional Public Prosecutor Arun Anbumani told the court that a preliminary inquiry had found no substance requiring an FIR. The petition was filed by Dhana Vimal, an AIADMK candidate in the Alangudi Assembly constituency. Vijayabaskar, who is now with TVK, was accused of obtaining money connected to his effort to be selected as the party’s candidate.

According to the complainant, Vijayabaskar called him on November 11, 2025, and asked him to arrange ₹5 crore to demonstrate that he could meet election expenses if nominated in Alangudi. Vimal alleged that he mobilised ₹4.5 crore but received only ₹50 lakh back, leaving ₹4 crore unpaid. The prosecution told the court that the complainant could not establish the sources from which he had collected the money.

Anbumani said Vimal had brought employees and farm workers who claimed to have lent him money, but an inquiry found that they did not have the means to lend such amounts. The court recorded the prosecution’s submissions and closed the petition. The judge gave Vimal liberty to pursue other legal remedies, including filing a private complaint before the appropriate court.

The order does not determine the truth of the underlying financial allegations. It records only that the police’s preliminary inquiry, as presented by the prosecution, did not identify grounds for registering an FIR at that stage. The source material does not include a response from Vijayabaskar or details of any separate proceedings initiated by Vimal.

It also does not say whether the alleged election funding was connected to an official party nomination decision.