The Tamil Nadu authorities on Tuesday suspended Further Director Common of Police (ADGP) H M Jayaram, a day after he was taken into custody by the Tiruvallur district police following instructions by the Madras Excessive Courtroom to arrest him.
Jayaram, a senior IPS officer, is accused of abetting the kidnapping of a minor boy by permitting his car for use by a gaggle of people that sought to forcibly separate an inter-caste couple. The boy is the brother of the person who married a lady from a special caste, purportedly regardless of opposition from her household.
The Tamil Nadu Residence Division issued Jayaram’s suspension order on Tuesday, hours after he was questioned for almost six hours on the Thiruvalangadu police station and later moved to the DSP’s workplace in Thiruthani.
In the meantime, Jayaram approached the Supreme Courtroom on Tuesday, looking for a keep on the Excessive Courtroom’s order directing his arrest. The apex courtroom has agreed to listen to the matter on Wednesday.
The Excessive Courtroom’s order got here throughout the listening to of an anticipatory bail plea filed by KV Kuppam MLA and Puratchi Bharatham Katchi chief “Poovai” M Jagan Moorthy, who can also be an accused within the case. On Tuesday, the legislator appeared for questioning earlier than the investigating officer in Thiruvalangadu, complying with the Excessive Courtroom’s directive.
The case stems from a criticism filed by a lady named Lakshmi, who mentioned that her elder son, Dhanush, had married a younger lady from Theni district with out the approval of the latter’s household. When the couple went into hiding, a gaggle allegedly led by the lady’s household forcibly entered Lakshmi’s residence on Might 10, kidnapped her youthful son, and transported him in Jayaram’s official car.
In keeping with Lakshmi, the boy was later discovered close to a resort with accidents. 5 individuals, together with the lady’s father, a lawyer, and a now-dismissed policewoman, have already been arrested. They allegedly implicated each the MLA and the ADGP of their statements.
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On Monday, Excessive Courtroom Justice P Velmurugan directed police to arrest Jayaram. “A robust message ought to exit to the general public that nobody is above legislation,” the decide mentioned. The courtroom additionally slammed the MLA for allegedly abusing his place and orchestrating “Kangaroo courts”, including that folks deserved elected representatives who upheld justice, not undermined it.