Former Rajya Sabha MP and Vice Chairman of Tamil Nadu Minorities Commission D. Masthan | Photo Credit: Twitter / @DrDMasthan1 In a twist in the probe into the death of Dr. D. Masthan, 66, a former AIADMK Rajya Sabha MP (1995-2001), the Guduvanchery Police on Friday said he was smothered to death by five persons including relatives, in a car near Paranur Toll plaza in Chengalpattu district and it was not case of death due to heart attack as claimed earlier. Masthan, a doctor by qualification, in association with his family member was running a hospital. He had quit the AIADMK and joined the DMK. He was holding the posts of Vice Chairman of Tamil Nadu Minorities Commission and secretary of DMK minority wing. Death staged Last week, Mr. Masthan was said to have allegedly died due to heart attack while travelling in a car towards Tiruchi. The death was reported to Guduvanchery Police station which comes under Tambaram Police Commissionerate. A case was registered and it was treated as death due to heart attack. …