Union min must face probe for jibe on Tamils over B'luru blast, says HC

'If min got any info, she should've shared it with police instead of making public comments'

- R SIVAKUMAR

THE Madras High Court on Wednesday refused to stay the investigation into an FIR against senior BJP leader and Union Minister of State for MSME, Labour and Employment Shobha Karandlage for her comment that people trained in Tamil Nadu planted the bomb at Bengaluru's Rameshwaram Cafe. The minister had filed a petition praying for quashing the FIR registered by the cyber crime wing of Madurai police.

When the petition came up for hearing before Justice G Jayachandran, the minister's counsel R Hariprasad said the case was politically motivated and sought an interim injunction against the police from going ahead with the probe.