Three accused in the sensational Kodanad dacoity-murder case have filed a petition in the Madras High Court seeking probe against former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami, expelled AIADMK leader and close aide of late J Jayalalithaa, VK Sasikala, among others.
The criminal revision petition has been filed by three accused – Dipu, MS Satheesan, and A Samtosh Sami, who are currently facing trial in the sessions court in the Nilgiris, along with seven others named in the chargesheet in the case. . All hailing from Kerala, according to the chargesheet, the accused were involved in the murder of a security guard and theft of valuables from former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s Kodanad bungalow.
In the petition, a copy of which has been reviewed by CNN-News18, the three accused have claimed that “the trail proceedings at the Nilgiris Court were influenced and monitored by persons holding power in the former ruling party…,” referring to While doing AIADMK.
The petition also states that the police examined only 41 witnesses when its list cited more than a hundred, the death of an accused’s family in an accident, instances of political pressure on the prime accused Sayan, trial The conduct of “hasty,” the appointment of an AIADMK-related person as the counsel for an accused, and several other alleged irregularities.
In the criminal revision petition, the three accused have sought orders to examine the following witnesses: Palaniswami, Sasikala, Murali Rambha, former Nilgiris SP, Sasikala’s relatives J Ilavarasi and NV Sudhakaran, AIADMK state organizer-Nilgiri Sanjeevan, manager Kodanadu Estate Natarajan, and others.
The petition also mentioned that a similar petition was made before a sessions court judge, Nilgiris, but he passed an order in April this year, days before the DMK came to power, at the Kodanadu bungalow. Not everyone was allowed the exam except the manager. The petition, filed by Dipu, Satheesan and Santosh Sami, also sought the Madras High Court to set aside the April 2021 Sessions Court order and enable the examination of Palaniswami and Sasikala.
The Kodnad murder-theft case was brought to the limelight by the DMK government, which recently said it would go deep into the details. Palaniswami along with several AIADMK leaders opposed the move and called it “political vendetta”.
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