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Bail plea rejected at noon, arrested by evening: former school education minister held in ₹100-crore ‘party fund’ case

Former Tamil Nadu school education minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi was arrested by the Greater Chennai Police's Central Crime Branch on Monday evening, hours after the Madras High Court dismissed his anticipatory bail plea. Investigators allege crores were collected from private school managements as ‘party fund’ in exchange for promised approvals.