Tirunelveli caste killing case probe should be shifted to CBI, calls for NGO

As there’s a likelihood of the State police’s investigation into the alleged caste killing of Kavin Selvaganesh in Tirunelveli being compromised, the case ought to be transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation, in accordance with A. Kathir, Executive Director of Evidence, a Madurai-based NGO.

Stressing that each the mother and father of the accused, S. Surjith, 23, have been Sub-Inspectors, Mr. Kathir, throughout a press meet right here on Wednesday, stated it might find yourself with investigating officers favouring the accused.

He questioned the intention of Chief Minister M.Ok. Stalin and his Ministers who had not uttered a single phrase concerning the tragic dying of the youth. “When Mr. Stalin might name and specific his condolence to the household of custodial dying sufferer B. Ajith Kumar and the Ministers might go to his household, why don’t they present the identical concern on this case too?,” he requested.

Commenting that Mr. Stalin was double-faced in his views a couple of separate Act for caste killing, he stated, “When the DMK was in opposition, it insisted on an Act for caste killing, however now, the identical social gathering chief refuses it, saying that the SC/ST Act was sufficient.” 

He questioned the SC/ST Commission’s position in condemning the heinous act. “As a Commission, why can they not be swift to sentence such a horrific crime towards an SC youth in broad daylight?. Their laidback strategy is just not going to attain something,” he charged.

The mother and father of the accused, who have been additionally added as accused within the First Information Report, have been but to be arrested, he said. “The precedent the State is setting in investigating such delicate circumstances is baffling. When the SI couple are realized to be supportive of their son’s actions, why can not the police arrest and remand them?,” he questioned.