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Tamil Nadu ADGP Arrested and Suspended After High Court Orders Probe

Suspending H.M. Jayaram under a Madras High Court directive, the state government has prompted MLA Jagan Moorthy to join an investigation set to resume on June 26

ADGP HM Jayaram was arrested following orders from the Madras High Court.
Madras High Court summons AIADMK ally party MLA over teen abduction case
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Overview

  • On June 16 the Madras High Court ordered the arrest of ADGP H.M. Jayaram for allegedly aiding the abduction of a minor in a dispute over an inter-caste marriage.
  • Jayaram was taken into custody minutes after the court’s direction and formally suspended by the Tamil Nadu government on June 17 pending further inquiry.
  • Kilvaithinakuppam MLA M. Jagan Moorthy appeared before police on June 17 after the court instructed him to cooperate fully in a probe into conspiracy and obstruction of justice.
  • Investigators have arrested five individuals so far, including the girl’s father, a former police constable and a lawyer, and recovered ₹7.5 lakh linked to the abduction plot.
  • Jayaram has moved the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the Madras High Court’s arrest order, and both his custody status and the MLA’s anticipatory bail plea will be reconsidered on June 26.