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DMK leader`s bail plea rejected
Chennai, July 28: The Madras High Court today rejected the bail application of M K Azhagiri, elder son of DMK President M Karunanidhi, who had been arrested in connection with the murder of senior party leader T Kiruttinan at Madurai in May last.
Chennai, July 28: The Madras High Court today
rejected the bail application of M K Azhagiri, elder son of
DMK President M Karunanidhi, who had been arrested in
connection with the murder of senior party leader T Kiruttinan
at Madurai in May last.
Justice V Kanagaraj, who reserved the orders on the bail
application on July 22 last, said in his order that since the
investigation into the murder was not yet over and two key
accused in the case were still at large, the bail application
of Azhagiri could not be accepted.
In his bail application, Azhagiri, who was arrested on
May 21, a day after Kiruttinan's murder in Madurai, alleged
that he had been "falsely implicated in the murder case for
political reasons."
He alleged that other accused were coerced by police to
give false statements implicating him in the murder case. The
statements were retracted by the accused before a Madurai
court, he added.
Azhagiri had been charged by the police with hatching a conspiracy to murder Kiruttinan following Intra-party feud during the DMK's organisational elections.
Bureau Report
Azhagiri had been charged by the police with hatching a conspiracy to murder Kiruttinan following Intra-party feud during the DMK's organisational elections.
Bureau Report