<p>Ritheesh was picked from his house in Chennai early on Wednesday and taken to the Kancheepuram S P’s Office in pursuance of the land-grab complaint against him, police sources said over telephone.<br /><br />In Vellore prision<br /><br />The Lok Sabha member, representing the Ramanathapuram constituency, was later remanded to judicial custody and lodged into the Vellore Central prison, sources said.<br />One Samikannu of a village near Sunkuwar Chattiram in Kancheepuram district had complained that Ritheesh Kumar had grabbed his 1.47 acres of land with forged documents.<br /><br />Ritheesh is the first DMK MP to be arrested on a land grab charge since the AIADMK, which came back to power in May 2011, had initiated action against land-grabbers during the previous DMK regime in the State.<br /><br />Several others<br /><br />Several former DMK Ministers from Tamil Nadu, including Veerapandi S Arumugam, had been also arrested on similar charges in the past. <br /><br />However, Chief Minister J Jayalalitha had directed the constitution of “special cells” in each District Police Headquarters Office across the state to receive such land grab complaints from the people for prompt action. <br /><br /></p>
<p>Ritheesh was picked from his house in Chennai early on Wednesday and taken to the Kancheepuram S P’s Office in pursuance of the land-grab complaint against him, police sources said over telephone.<br /><br />In Vellore prision<br /><br />The Lok Sabha member, representing the Ramanathapuram constituency, was later remanded to judicial custody and lodged into the Vellore Central prison, sources said.<br />One Samikannu of a village near Sunkuwar Chattiram in Kancheepuram district had complained that Ritheesh Kumar had grabbed his 1.47 acres of land with forged documents.<br /><br />Ritheesh is the first DMK MP to be arrested on a land grab charge since the AIADMK, which came back to power in May 2011, had initiated action against land-grabbers during the previous DMK regime in the State.<br /><br />Several others<br /><br />Several former DMK Ministers from Tamil Nadu, including Veerapandi S Arumugam, had been also arrested on similar charges in the past. <br /><br />However, Chief Minister J Jayalalitha had directed the constitution of “special cells” in each District Police Headquarters Office across the state to receive such land grab complaints from the people for prompt action. <br /><br /></p>
