The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the murder of the 24-year-old son of R. Sankarasubbu, an advocate, informed the Madras High Court on Monday that it would ask the Chennai Police Commissioner under what circumstances he made a remark that no external injuries were found on the body of Sathish Kumar when it was fished out of a lake last month.
CBI Special Public Prosecutor N. Chandrasekharan made the submission before a Division Bench, comprising Justice C. Nagappan and Justice P. R. Sivakumar, which was hearing a petition from Mr. Sankarasubbu seeking a direction to the agency to make an enquiry with the Commissioner and find out how he told the press that there were no external injuries even before the autopsy had been conducted.
The court had earlier ordered a CBI probe into the murder. The petitioner alleged that the Commissioner's remarks were made with a view to screening the offender. Further, a police inspector had mentioned in a delayed inquest report that two sharp blades were recovered along with the body. It was retrieved in the presence of a large number of lawyers and mediapersons and no such blades were found then, the petitioner said and added that this was a highly suspicious act. Mr. Chandrasekharan said the inspector had already been examined on July 6 and 7.
In the course of the hearing, the Bench told counsel for the CBI, “We expect a result-oriented investigation.”
