“The report on the status on the measures taken and the proposed measure to be taken in the future does not inspire the security of the CB-CID investigation so far,” Madras High Court noted. | Photo Credit: Hind
Expressing serious concern about the “snail’s pace” in which the branch of criminal crime (CB-CID) carries an investigation into an 18-year-old boy of kidnapping in which the ‘Pooovai’ M. Jagan Moorth and ADGP HM Jayaram (now in suspension) like “being very suspected) Suspicious) that it is only on Friday (July 25, 2025).
Justice G. Jayacandran said that although the CEO of the police/DGP/HOPF) Shankar Jiwal converted an investigation from Thiruvallangad Police in Tirvallur district to CB-CID 23. by behaving by behaving by being detained.
“The report on the status of the measures taken and the proposed measures to be taken in the future does not inspire confidence in CB-CID investigations. The delay in the investigation has already provided adequate space for intimidation and manipulation of witnesses that are implicitly observed from the averages made in the petition.
He continued in the state: “There is no doubt that (MLA and ADGP suspension) have something to approach to the Supreme Court (Supreme Court) of that country and obtain a protective order. He pointed out that the CB-CID has not yet raised two individualities to ask, although their questioning was no bar.
“The pace at which the investigation is carried out by the CB-CID, as stated by the investigative official itself, is a clear proof that the investigative official is afraid to reach out to powerful persons. The investigation is at a snail pace and expects something else to happen,” the judge noted.
The judge also stated that the call details were recorded between the MLA and the ADGP (now suspended) and the CCTV footage of the Motel Highway on Thiurumumazhisai, creates a strong suspicion of involving a powerful politician and the Supreme Police, who belongs to the Indian police service, yet CB-CID must not explain them.
“This court is forced to record that this incident and subsequent events have raised serious concerns about the life and freedom of ordinary men, and their minds have been given adequate concerns in terms of whether this great nation towards police paradise,” the judge wrote.
According to the prosecution, the first petitioner Vanaraja married a young man from the Truvallur district against his wishes, and therefore began with the help of MLA and ADGP. According to the conspiracy, the gang crossed the young man’s house between 6 and 7 and 7 June and kidnapped his younger brother who slept on the terrace.
Subsequently, when the police intensified the search for a vehicle in the area after receiving a complaint from their mother, the kidnapped boy was moved to the official ADGP car to avoid the police control and was dropped to a nearby bus stand. The Police Constable, who was driving the ADGP car that night, was still running and has not yet been asked CB-CID, Jayacandran said.
Although the bailiffs claimed that they have now closed a compromise with the complainant, the judge wrote: “This is not a case that is advantageously closed as a private dispute between two families … This is the case of a crime during the night hours and the kidnapping of a minor boy.
The judge pointed out that the police had recovered over 7 ₹ Make in cash from Vanaraja and the suspicion that the money was to be paid to the other accused.
Furthermore, he said that the investigative official was trying to make progress in this case probably because he was much lower in the ranking of the suspended ADGP, the judge said: “This court still believes that the course of the investigation, as the investigator proposes in his honorary statement, will be launched and thus easier public faith and judiciary.”
Published – July 25, 2025 9:03
