Why no probe against theft complainant: Seeman
He demanded to know why no action or investigation had been initiated against J P Nikitha, the complainant in the gold jewellery theft case in which Ajith was interrogated as a suspect and later died.
Seeman paid tribute to Ajith's portrait at his home and met his mother B Malathy and brother B Naveen Kumar. "It has come to light that there have been numerous fraud complaints and pending cases against Nikitha. The tainted policemen's wives have said that they only followed their higher officials.
Why are they not being investigated," he asked. He wanted to know whether the gold jewellery as given in the complaint by Nikitha has been recovered.
"Getting permission for a protest by NTK comes with such a huge process and hurdles whereas no procedures were followed when Ajith was questioned," he said.
Seeman claimed that the transfer of the case to CBI shows the fear of chief minister M K Stalin. "It is merely an attempt to delay things.
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Why is CB-CID not probing? Does that mean the integrity of the Tamil Nadu police is compromised? Are they not fit to probe," he asked.
Earlier, Seeman met with the families of undertrial Muslim prisoners 'Police' Fakrudeen, Bilal Malik, and Panna Ismail, involved in the murder of a milk vendor in Madurai in 2013. He condemned the DMK govt for not fulfilling its election promise of early release of eligible undertrial Muslim prisoners. Noting that Fakrudeen, Malik, and Ismail are being lodged in prison for years without being proven guilty, he said NTK will hold a protest in Madurai in Aug, demanding their early release.
He also inspected arrangements for the cattle conference to be held in Madurai on Thursday.
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