The Madras High Court Bench here on Thursday expressed displeasure over the Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) for not cracking the case of murder of former Transport Minister K.N. Nehru’s brother K.N. Ramajeyam even after three years.
On March 29, 2012, the body of Ramajeyam with severe head injuries was found on the banks of the Cauvery in Tiruchi district.
Hearing a petition filed by his wife, R. Latha Ramajeyam, who sought a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the case, Justice S. Nagamuthu said it was unfortunate that the CB-CID had not even fixed the accused in the case so far. He wondered if the sleuths even thought of employing scientific techniques to solve the case rather than harping on investigative practices of the colonial days.
Though a government counsel sought two more months time to ensure a breakthrough in the case, the judge said that he was not inclined to grant it since the court had already granted sufficient time to the CB-CID ever since the plea for a CBI probe was made in December last year. He posted the case for final hearing on Friday and asked the government counsel to come prepared.
In her affidavit, the petitioner pointed out that the case, initially investigated by the local police in Tiruchi, got transferred to the CB-CID on June 22, 2012 on the basis of orders passed by the then Director General of Police.
Judge says sleuths harping on investigative practices of colonial days
