The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the State police to explain the reasons for having arrested a correspondent, his wife and two teachers of a private school at Kaniyamoor in Kallakurichi district, where a Class XII girl’s death on July 13 led to large-scale violence on July 17.
Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan granted the police time till Friday to submit materials to justify their act of having arrested the four individuals only after the violence broke out in the locality on July 17, though a case of suicide was registered by the Chinnasalem police, on the basis of a complaint lodged by the victim’s mother, on July 13.
Suspecting that the arrests were a knee-jerk reaction to control the violence, the judge sought to know if there was any legal basis for having kept the present bail petitioners, E.C. Ravikumar, 47, his wife R.S. Shanthi, 43, and the two teachers, Kiruthika Jayaraj, alias Keerthika Jayaraj, 27, and L. Haripriya, 40, in judicial custody since July 18.
