CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Thursday agreed to hear a petition seeking to transfer the investigation into the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy from the CB-CID to the CBI.
AIADMK advocate I.S Inbadurai and an another advocate D Selvam made an urgent mention before a division bench of Justices D Krishna Kumar and Kumaresh Babu seeking to transfer the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation to ensure a thorough probe.
The counsel submitted that over 30 lives have been lost due to consumption of spurious liquor in the district. He said that local persons with political support have been running the illicit liquor business in the state, and hence, to ensure a fair and free inquiry, the investigation should be transferred from the state agency (CB-CID) to the national probe agency.
The advocate also sought the High Court to monitor the investigation.
State additional public prosecutor R Muniyapparaj on the other hand submitted that the case has been investigated by the CB-CID and that top officials such as district collector and superintendent of police have been transferred and suspended.
However, the bench asked him what the urgency was and said that it would hear the matter tomorrow after the petition was listed.