A 1.4-acre plot of land, worth Rs. 100 crore and belonging to the Palani Dhandayuthapani Swamigal Mutt, was registered for Rs. 2 crore on July 6.
In this connection, a case was registered against four people by the Palani foothills police station. Later, on July 15, the case was transferred to the CBCID police on the orders of the Tamil Nadu government.
Subsequently, the Dindigul CB-CID police registered a case against 11 people, including Sub-Registrar Justin Manikandan, temple heir Murugadas, Vellathurai from Pappankulam in Tiruppur district who bought the land, Sethupathi from Palani Pudur, lawyer Anrudeen who prepared the deed, and Jayaprakash from Ottanchatram who acted as a middleman.

In connection with this case as well, CBCID police arrested trust administrator Murugadas, Vellathurai Sethupathi, who purchased the land, and lawyer Anvardhin on the 29th and produced them before a criminal magistrate court in Dindigul.
The court ordered that all four be kept in judicial custody until August 12. Meanwhile, a petition was filed in court seeking permission to take the four, who are lodged in prison, into CBCID police custody for questioning.
Later, the Dindigul Judicial Magistrate Court ordered that the four be taken into CBCID police custody for questioning for 3 days, from noon on 05.08.26 to noon on Friday 07.08.26, subject to conditions.

In connection with this case, Sub-Registrar Justin Manikandan obtained anticipatory bail through the Madurai Bench of the Chennai High Court. This bail order expired on August 3.
In this situation, yesterday, 05.08.26, Madurai Bench High Court Judge Rajasekar, who heard the anticipatory bail petitions of Justin Manikandan and document writer Jayaprakash, dismissed both petitions and issued the order.
Following this, today (06.08.26) Dindigul CB-CID police arrested Sub-Registrar Justin Manikandan, who had been hiding in Kodaikanal, and brought him to the Dindigul CB-CID office. The middleman and document writer Jayaprakash is absconding.

CB-CID police have been conducting a search at Jayaprakash’s house in Ottanchatram since morning. At the same time, it is noteworthy that interrogation has been going on for more than 4 hours at the Dindigul CB-CID office of 8 people, including his wife, Shenbagamathi.
