He had stated that arrest warrant could not be issued by courts solely for production of accused before the police in aid of investigation, and what could not be done directly, could not be done indirectly (through court).
He also stated that he was being politically victimised as he was the son of central cabinet minister and the grandson of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president M Karunanihdi.
On a complaint from the local village administrative officer, police had charged Dayanidhi and Nagarajan, partners in Olympus Granites Pvt Ltd, with encroaching on the adjacent government land and taking away large quantity of granite illegally without quarrying in the permitted area and causing loss of Rs 44 crore to the government by illegal quarrying.
Cases had been registered under various Indian Penal Code sections including 120(b) (criminal conspiracy), 447 (criminal trespass) and 420 (cheating) against them.
The government cracked down on the firms after former Madurai collector U Sahayam in a report, estimated the losses incurred from illegal granite mining at around Rs 16,000 crore.
Police had alerted immigration authorities to help them in preventing Dayanidhi and other accused from leaving the country. The companies' accounts had already been frozen.
Image: Durai Dayanidhi, son of Union Minister M K Alagiri