In an unusual case of a litigant accusing the police of having submitted fabricated closed circuit television (CCTV) footage before the court to prove his presence in a police station on a particular day, the Madras High Court has called for the Call Detail Records (CDR) along with the tower locations of the mobile phone used by the litigant on that day.
Justice A.D. Jagadish Chandira passed the orders on a contempt of court petition filed by Southern India Cinematographer’s Association general secretary M. Ilavarasu against the Inspector of Soundarapandiyanar Angadi Police Station at T. Nagar in Chennai. The judge ordered that the CDR as well as tower location details must be submitted on January 29.
The issue relates to a funds misappropriation complaint lodged by the association in 2018 against its former office-bearers. Since there was no progress, it had filed a petition in the High Court in 2022 seeking a direction to the Central Crime Branch police to complete the investigation at the earliest and file a final report within a time to be stipulated by the court .
