Tamil Nadu former IT minister M Manikandan, wanted on rape charge, arrested in Bengaluru

CHENNAI/BENGALURU: Former IT minister M Manikandan of the AIADMK, wanted on a rape charge, was picked up from a villa near Anekal town, on the outskirts of Bengaluru, by the Chennai police early on Sunday.

An actor from Malaysia had filed a police complaint with the Chennai police accusing Manikandan of rape and of going back on his promise to marry her. The actress said she met Manikandan in 2017 when he was minister and got close to him after he promised to join her in business ventures in Malaysia. She accompanied him to several places during his official tours. She alleged that she was tortured and forced to abort after becoming pregnant by him.