Overview
- CBI officers led by Superintendent of Police Praveen Kumar inspected Velusamypuram, studying the site’s topography, approach roads and the route taken by TVK leader Vijay.
- Investigators returned in greater strength and used a 3D laser scanner to map a 300-metre stretch, continuing measurement work for a second day.
- The Supreme Court told petitioner S. Prabhakaran to take his allegations of threats and inducements by state officials and political figures to the CBI.
- Prabhakaran’s filings describe offers of Rs 20 lakh and a job to withdraw his plea and claim armed police were posted outside his residence.
- The CBI re-registered the FIR on October 26, retained names from the Karur Town police case, kept its own FIR under wraps, and has questioned Inspector Manivannan while local police observed field checks.