TNCC to seek CBI probe in HC on TN official suicide case

Hours after the Madras High Court quashed a case of abetment to suicide and corruption filed against former Tamil Nadu minister "Agri" S S Krishnamoorthy, state Congress Committee today said it would go to court seeking a CBI probe on the matter.
"The guilty will be punished only if the case is probed by the CBI. Hence, TNCC has decided to file a case in the High Court seeking CBI probe," TNCC president E V K S Elanogvan said here today.
"TNCC will fight till the end until those responsible for the suicide of upright government official Muthukumarasamy,who refused to aid corruption are punished," he said in a statement.

Not producing "strong evidence" by the prosecution was the reason for the court to quash the case against Krishnamoorthy, he said.
Judge V S Ravi of Madurai High Court bench threw out the case against the former minister, holding that there was no direct evidence linking Krishnamoorthy to charges of demand for bribe and alleged abetment to suicide.