Former Madras High Court judge M. Sathyanarayanan, the one-man commission appointed by the Madras High Court to probe the incident of human faeces being found in an overhead tank that supplied water to Scheduled Caste residents of Vengaivayal in Pudukkottai district in December last year, on Saturday set in motion the inquiry process by visiting the village and conducting a meeting with the officials.
The retired judge conducted a meeting with Collector Kavitha Ramu, Superintendent of Police Vandita Pandey, Crime Branch CID Deputy Superintendent of Police Palpandi and other officials from 18 departments, including the Health, Revenue and Water Supply Board. He inquired about the incident and developments from day one, the investigation angles and action taken by the police and the administration.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Mr. Sathyanarayanan said that the inquiry would not only focus on finding the person behind the act but also on the prevention of such inhuman activities in the future. “This is just a preliminary inquiry, and we will decide how to take it forward,” he said, answering queries on the next course of action.
