Tamil actor Mansoor Ali Khan held on land grab charges

Chennai: Tamil actor Mansoor Ali Khan, who has acted with top stars including Rajinikanth and Vijayakanth, was arrested on Friday on land grab charges, police said.

Khan was picked up from his house by a police team based on a complaint from one V Duraivelu who alleged that the actor had illegally constructed a 16-storeyed property on his 1247 sq ft of land at Arumbakkam here, an official release said.

The actor had also threatened the complainant when he had first objected to his encroaching the land, the release said, adding, a team of officials from the Central Crime Branch of the Chennai Police arrested Khan.

Duraivelu had purchased the land for Rs 2.60 lakh in 1994 whose current market value was Rs one crore,the release said.

Khan has starred as a villain in many Tamil films.