The Madras High Court on Thursday ordered notice to Greater Chennai Police on a plea by by All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Member of Parliament C.Ve. Shanmugam seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into ransacking of party office and alleged theft of documents by supporters of expelled leader O. Panneerselvam on July 11.
Justice N. Sathish Kumar granted time till August 25 for Additional Public Prosecutor E. Raj Thilak to obtain instructions from the police. Mr. Shanmugam's counsel M. Mohamed Riyaz said the party was founded in 1972 and that it had ruled the State for 32 out of 50 years of its existence. The party's general council meeting had taken place at Vangaram near Chennai on July 11.
Mr. Panneerselvam had filed a case in the Madras High Court against the conduct of the general council meet fearing that certain decisions might be taken against him. The High Court dismissed his petition at 9 a.m. on that day and permitted the meet to begin at 9.15 a.m. Minutes before the pronouncement of orders, the expelled leader went to the party office in Royapettah with his supporters.
