Lexus car case against Sasikala's husband picks up steam

CHENNAI: A CBI case against M Natarajan, husband of the jailed AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala, in connection with import of a Lexus car in 1994 is picking up momentum in the Madras high court.

Natarajan was convicted by an economic offences court, and his appeals have been pending in the high court for around five years. During the tenure of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul (since elevated to the Supreme Court as judge) as chief justice of the Madras high court, the CBI had given a memo seeking early hearing of the case.

On Monday, the appeals filed by Natarajan and others came up for further hearing before Justice S Bhaskaran. The judge posted them to February 27 for final arguments. The case relates to the import of the Lexus car in 1994 declaring it as a used vehicle of 1993 model.


The CBI and the Enforcement Directorate registered separate cases against Natarajan and three others, stating that documents were formed to show a new vehicle as a used one, and that it caused a duty loss of more than Rs 1 crore to the exchequer.

The ED, on its part, too, has given letters to the economic offences court to expedite pending cases against Sasikala, newly appointed deputy General secretary of AIADMK T T V Dinakaran and others.