‘Both DMK and TVK govt. did not take suo moto action in Gem Veeramani case’

Communist Party of India (Marxist) State Secretary P. Shanmugam criticised that none of the DMK, AIADMK, and TVK governments have taken suo motu action in the Gem Veeramani case.

Inaugurating the CPI(M) district office at Karaikudi on Saturday, he said, it was only due to the court’s order that the case was expedited and Veeramani was arrested.

“Even the TVK, after forming the government, accepted the closure report in the case filed by the previous government. But as the POCSO special court judge Padma refused to close the case and ordered investigation, the case took a different turn,” he explained.

Further, he said, instead of the Chennai City Police Commissioner supervising the investigation of this Special Investigation Team (SIT), it should be conducted under the direct supervision of the High Court.