<p>Veerapandi Arumugam's son, A Raja has moved the Chief Judicial Magistrate court seeking anticipatory bail after police registered a case, accusing him of grabbing three acres of land at Jagiramapalayam by forging documents.<br /><br />Dismissing the petition, Chief Judicial Magistrate A Baskar yesterday said the case was in a preliminary stage and the petitioner (Raja) might tamper with evidence if he was granted bail.<br /><br />Raja had moved the court despite the complainant Muthukumar, withdrawing his police complaint within 24 hours of filing it on July 6.<br /><br />After the district crime branch police registered a case, Muthukumar met DIG (Salem range) Venkatraman and requested that the case be withdrawn, saying the parties concerned had agreed for an out of court settlement.<br /><br />A number of land grabbing complaints have been lodged with police in recent weeks after the Jayalalithaa government ordered a crack-down on such incidents. Cases have been filed against several local level DMK functionaries in various districts across the state.</p>
<p>Veerapandi Arumugam's son, A Raja has moved the Chief Judicial Magistrate court seeking anticipatory bail after police registered a case, accusing him of grabbing three acres of land at Jagiramapalayam by forging documents.<br /><br />Dismissing the petition, Chief Judicial Magistrate A Baskar yesterday said the case was in a preliminary stage and the petitioner (Raja) might tamper with evidence if he was granted bail.<br /><br />Raja had moved the court despite the complainant Muthukumar, withdrawing his police complaint within 24 hours of filing it on July 6.<br /><br />After the district crime branch police registered a case, Muthukumar met DIG (Salem range) Venkatraman and requested that the case be withdrawn, saying the parties concerned had agreed for an out of court settlement.<br /><br />A number of land grabbing complaints have been lodged with police in recent weeks after the Jayalalithaa government ordered a crack-down on such incidents. Cases have been filed against several local level DMK functionaries in various districts across the state.</p>