Admitting that there is no basis for arraigning the directors of Tamil bi-weekly Junior Vikatan and others in a First Information Report (FIR) registered on a complaint given by a real estate firm, Greater Chennai Police Commissioner Shankar Jiwal said their names would be dropped.
However, the police have found evidence of certain transactions between some staff of the magazine and prime accused Kevin who was arrested on claims of blackmailing the firm. A probe is on to ascertain if these transactions were related to the alleged blackmailing episode, he said in a late-night statement on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, journalists in Chennai protested the arbitrary manner in which the directors and editorial staff of Junior Vikatan were included as accused in the FIR registered by the Mylapore police on Sunday night.
