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Madras High Court Warns of CBI Probe if Police Fail to Act on Ponmudy’s Hate Speech Complaints

The court has given Tamil Nadu police until July 8 to file an FIR over Ponmudy’s April speech targeting Saivites, Vaishnavites and women or hand the matter to the CBI.

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Overview

  • Justice P. Velmurugan cautioned on July 4 that failure to register a case against former minister K. Ponmudy will compel the court to order a CBI investigation.
  • A final hearing on the suo motowrit petition filed at the instance of Justice N. Anand Venkatesh is scheduled for July 8.
  • Police initially closed three complaints for lack of a cognisable offence before an additional 112 allegations were lodged and are now under review.
  • Video clips of Ponmudy’s April 8 address at a Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam meeting went viral and prompted the High Court’s suo motu intervention.
  • The DMK stripped Ponmudy of his deputy general secretary post and forced him to resign from the state cabinet amid mounting public and political backlash.