Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths on Monday arrested and interrogated S. Srilekha, the MD of the Adhiparaksakthi Dental College & Hospital in Melmaruvathur in connection with the Dental Council of India bribery scam.
“She (Srilekha ) is expected to appear before us again on Tuesday,” said a CBI official.
Based on a court order, Srilekha, the daughter of a retired inspector general of police and the daughter-in-law of godman Bengaru Adigal of Melmaruvathur on Monday reached the CBI office in Haddows Road.
There she was arrested and interrogated by the anti-corruption branch of the CBI in the city at 10 am. The college official had been absconding for more than 15 days and the sleuths had even conducted searches in her house in Adyar last week.
The CBI had earlier arrested as many as five persons, including two doctors, who were members of DCI in connection with the `25 lakh bribe that was allegedly given by the management of the Adhiparaksakthi Dental College to receive permission to start a PG dental course.
The sleuths had arrested DCI member Dr S. Murukesan on January 8, when the representatives of the Adhiparaksakthi Dental College allegedly handed over the first installment of `25 lakh (of the `1 crore bribe) to him at his clinic in Royapettah.
Apart from the Adhiparaksakthi Dental College, the CBI investigators had also conducted nationwide raids at four other dental colleges, as well as the residences of three executive council members of the dental council in Mangalore, Bengaluru and Hyderabad
