▁became ▁the ▁Deput y ▁Mayor ▁of ▁Mad ur ai ▁city , ▁Ess ar ▁G obi , ▁Mad ur ai ▁Corporation ▁coun c ill or ▁I . ▁M ub ara q ▁Man th iri ▁and ▁V . ▁S iv ak umar ▁( also ▁called ▁" Kar ate " ▁S iva ). ▁Az h ag iri ▁was ▁held ▁as ▁the ▁main ▁accused ▁and ▁charged ▁with ▁criminal ▁consp i racy , ▁murder ▁and ▁ab et ment . ▁The ▁case ▁was ▁transferred ▁to ▁Ch itto or ▁in ▁And h ra ▁Pr adesh ▁after ▁the ▁DM K ▁came ▁to ▁power ▁in ▁the ▁state ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁based ▁on ▁an ▁order ▁by ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁of ▁India . ▁He ▁was ▁acqu itted ▁by ▁the ▁Princi pal ▁District ▁and ▁S essions ▁Court ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁The ▁Mad ur ai ▁Police ▁planned ▁to ▁appeal ▁against ▁the ▁order ▁in ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁as ▁of ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁after ▁a ▁gap ▁of ▁five ▁years ▁from ▁the ▁jud g ement ▁of ▁the ▁lower ▁court . ▁A ▁leave ▁pet ition ▁was ▁file d ▁in ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁by ▁the ▁state , ▁challeng ing ▁the ▁order ▁of ▁the ▁Ch ito or ▁Court ▁in ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁The ▁pet ition ▁was ▁qu ashed ▁by ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁coun sel , ▁which ▁ruled ▁that ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁T amil ▁N adu ▁had ▁no ▁loc us ▁stand i ▁in ▁the ▁case ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁transferred ▁to ▁And h ra ▁Pr adesh ▁and ▁that ▁only