DMK allies and oppn flay report of CB-CID, seek CBI inquiry

THE two key allies of the DMK -the CPM and the VCK - on Friday flayed the status report and joined the opposition par ties in demanding a CBI investigation into the case.

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CPM state secretary P Shanmugam said the contention of the CB-CID in the charge sheet cannot be accepted. "The police, out of compulsion to end the case, have said that the affected people themselves had mixed faeces in the water. This cannot be accepted. Tamil Nadu government should hand over the case to the CBI to find out the true culprits," Shanmugam said.