G. Pandian, former personal assistant of sacked Agriculture Minister ‘Agri’ S.S. Krishnamoorthy, recorded his statement before Sankarankovil Judicial Magistrate N. Suresh on Thursday in connection with the suicide of Agricultural Engineering Department Executive Engineer S. Muthukumarasamy.
40-minute statement
Under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code, Mr. Pandian recorded his statement before Judicial Magistrate N. Suresh for 40 minutes from 1.40 p.m. on Thursday.
The on-going investigation into the case took an interesting turn on April 24 when Poovaiah, a one-time personal assistant of the former Minister, recorded his statement before the Judicial Magistrate, Sankarankovil.
Appearing before Judge Muralidhara Kannan, Mr. Poovaiah, after being grilled by the CB-CID in March, gave an in-camera statement.