The Madras High Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on a writ petition filed by former Law Minister C. Ve. Shanmugam of the AIADMK, seeking a direction to the State government to continue his police protection on the grounds that there was a serious threat to his life ever since 2006, when he was attacked by an armed gang.
Justice G. Chandrasekharan deferred his judgement after hearing the petitioner’s counsel who contended that the former Minister was continuing to receive life threats from anonymous persons over the phone. The prosecution contended that a security review committee had found that the police cover need not be extended any further due to the absence of threats.
