The Madras High Court on Thursday directed the Directorate of Vigilance of Anti Corruption (DVAC) to complete within two months its preliminary inquiry on a disproportionate assets complaint lodged against former AIADMK MLA B. Sathyanarayanan and register a First Information Report (FIR) if a cognisable offence was made out.
Justice N. Anand Venkatesh issued the direction on a petition moved by the complainant B.R. Aravindakshan who complained that the DVAC had not registered a case so far on the complaint lodged on November 22, 2021 along with documents to prove that the former MLA, representing T. Nagar constituency, had amassed wealth.
The judge made it clear that if the preliminary inquiry results in a negative report not necessitating registration of an FIR against the former MLA and his family members, then it should be intimated to the complainant so that he could pursue his remedy before a jurisdictional Magistrate under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
