Is Nation Heading Towards Police Raj, Asks HC Over Delay in Abduction Probe

CASTING doubts over the pace of the probe by the CB-CID into the abduction of a minor boy in Tiruvallur in connection with an inter-caste marriage, the Madras High Court on Friday wondered whether the nation is heading towards "Police Raj".

- R SIVAKUMAR @ Chennai

The court dismissed the bail applications filed by the three accused — V Vanaraj, father of the bride, P Manikandan, and M Ganesan, all from Theni. They sought bail on the ground of a compromise arrived at between the bride and groom's families.

Justice G Jayachandran, while rejecting bail, said this is not a case to be conveniently closed as a private dispute between two families. It is a case of criminal trespass during night and abduction of a minor boy by force under fear of death. It is a classic case of the abuse of government machinery to commit a crime for extraneous considerations.