Kodanad case: AIADMK ‘presents facts’ to guv
Purohit Likely To Send Petitions To Union Home Min
Julie.Mariappan@timesgroup.com
Chennai:17.01.2019
An AIADMK delegation led by deputy coordinators K P Munusamy and R Vaithilingam called on governor Banwarilal Purohit at the Raj Bhavan in Chennai on Tuesday and “presented facts” on allegations levelled against chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami in connection with a burglary and murder linked to former chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s hillside retreat Kodanad estate in the Nilgiris.
The AIADMK team presented the governor a seven-page ‘clarificatory’ petition, along with a CD containing the report of a journalist.
“The governor took time to read out the petition. Munusamy told the governor that the DMK was creating unnecessary political turbulence in the state by levelling baseless allegations against the chief minister, who is innocent. He demanded that the DMK’s petition be rejected in toto,” said a source. Purohit is likely to forward the petition, along with DMK’s representation, to the Union home ministry, the source added. The DMK had urged governor to direct EPS to step down to pave way for a fair trial.
The AIADMK alleged that the DMK was apprehensive about its defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, and hence Stalin submitted a petition to discredit the AIADMK’s good governance and the growing popularity of the chief minister. “The allegations against the CM were to seek political mileage. What is the link between CM and Kodanad estate when the property is owned by someone? V K Sasikala maintains it. It is our duty to respond to the governor, not that he (governor) invited us. Giving false information is a punishable offence that attracts imprisonment of seven years,” Munusamy told TOI.
He was accompanied by MPs R Vaithilingam, P Venugopal, and organizing secretary P H Manoj Pandian, the signatories of the petition. MP D Jayavardan was also present. Munusamy said Stalin would be proved wrong and face disappointment and humiliation in the case.
Accused Kanagaraj died in accident, it wasn’t premeditated: Salem DIG
Salem: Deputy inspector general (DIG) of police (Salem range) T Senthil Kumar said there was no mystery surrounding the death of the late chief minister J Jayalalilthaa’s driver C Kanagaraj, who died in a road accident last April. “It was not a planned accident,” he said. Kodanad burglary suspects K V Sayan and Valayar Manoj had recently released a video through journalist Mathew Samuel a few days ago, showing the latter saying that five people involved in the burglary had been murdered and chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami had a role in the same. Following this, Kanagaraj’s brother Dhanapal said police had not carried out the investigation properly. The DIG also wanted to know why Dhanapal hadn’t raised any doubts over his brother’s earlier. TNN
Purohit Likely To Send Petitions To Union Home Min
Julie.Mariappan@timesgroup.com
Chennai:17.01.2019
An AIADMK delegation led by deputy coordinators K P Munusamy and R Vaithilingam called on governor Banwarilal Purohit at the Raj Bhavan in Chennai on Tuesday and “presented facts” on allegations levelled against chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami in connection with a burglary and murder linked to former chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s hillside retreat Kodanad estate in the Nilgiris.
The AIADMK team presented the governor a seven-page ‘clarificatory’ petition, along with a CD containing the report of a journalist.
“The governor took time to read out the petition. Munusamy told the governor that the DMK was creating unnecessary political turbulence in the state by levelling baseless allegations against the chief minister, who is innocent. He demanded that the DMK’s petition be rejected in toto,” said a source. Purohit is likely to forward the petition, along with DMK’s representation, to the Union home ministry, the source added. The DMK had urged governor to direct EPS to step down to pave way for a fair trial.
The AIADMK alleged that the DMK was apprehensive about its defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, and hence Stalin submitted a petition to discredit the AIADMK’s good governance and the growing popularity of the chief minister. “The allegations against the CM were to seek political mileage. What is the link between CM and Kodanad estate when the property is owned by someone? V K Sasikala maintains it. It is our duty to respond to the governor, not that he (governor) invited us. Giving false information is a punishable offence that attracts imprisonment of seven years,” Munusamy told TOI.
He was accompanied by MPs R Vaithilingam, P Venugopal, and organizing secretary P H Manoj Pandian, the signatories of the petition. MP D Jayavardan was also present. Munusamy said Stalin would be proved wrong and face disappointment and humiliation in the case.
Accused Kanagaraj died in accident, it wasn’t premeditated: Salem DIG
Salem: Deputy inspector general (DIG) of police (Salem range) T Senthil Kumar said there was no mystery surrounding the death of the late chief minister J Jayalalilthaa’s driver C Kanagaraj, who died in a road accident last April. “It was not a planned accident,” he said. Kodanad burglary suspects K V Sayan and Valayar Manoj had recently released a video through journalist Mathew Samuel a few days ago, showing the latter saying that five people involved in the burglary had been murdered and chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami had a role in the same. Following this, Kanagaraj’s brother Dhanapal said police had not carried out the investigation properly. The DIG also wanted to know why Dhanapal hadn’t raised any doubts over his brother’s earlier. TNN
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