HC directs police to probe petitioner's complaint

The Madras High Court today directed police to probe within four weeks a petitioner's complaint seeking action against Prohibition Enforcement Wing sub-inspector and a village administrative officer for preparing a 'fake Goondas Act' order and pasting it on the door of his house.
If there was prima facie case in the complaint, then they should register a case and take action as per law, Justice M.M.Sundresh of the Madurai Bench said.
The petitioner, Marirajan, of Oddapidaram in Tuticorin district, an ex-serviceman, said he used to visit his relatives at Sattur in Virudhunagar district frequently.
He said police filed two false cases against him on January 13 and January 16 last year charging that he sold spurious liquor. When he came out on bail, they filed another case on June 20 on the same charge.

Three prohibition enforcement wing (PEW) inspectors threatened and demanded Rs.Five lakh as bribe for releasing him from the case. He was lodged in jail under Goondas Act as he refused to give them any money, he said.
The Madras High court bench cancelled the detention orders when he pointed out that the cases filed against him were false.

At this juncture, VAO Sesuraj and Srivilliputhur PEW SI Surendrakumar prepared another "fake" Goondas Act order and pasted it on the door of Mariajan's house at Puliangudi, he alleged.
When Mariajan sought to know the details of the Goondas Act detention order under Right to Information Act, he was told that no such order had been issued.

He lodged a complaint against the PEW SI and VAO for committing a 'fraud' but Puliangudi police had not taken any action. He prayed with the court to direct police to file a case and take action against them.