Four of the 59 candidates contesting in the Radhakrishnan Nagar Assembly constituency bypoll are facing criminal cases and nine of them have not submitted their PAN details in their affidavits filed before the Election Commission, according to an analysis of candidates’ affidavits by the Arappor Iyakkam and the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

The report said there were nine crorepatis among the candidates (assets of the candidates, his/her spouse and dependent) and candidate K Kalaikottuthayam had declared the highest among the candidates with Rs 16 crore, followed by Independent candidate TTV Dhinakaran and AIADMK candidate E Madhusudhanan.

(Source: The Hindu)