The Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID), on Friday (June 27, 2025), accused Kilvaithinakuppam (Reserved) MLA ‘Poovai’ M. Jagan Moorthy of not having cooperated with the investigation in an abduction case, initially booked by Thiruvalangadu police in Tiruvallur district on June 7. The agency insisted he must be subjected to custodial interrogation.
Appearing before Justice G. Jayachandran, Additional Advocate General (AAG) J. Ravindran said, the MLA had given evasive replies to the Thiruvalangadu police during the inquiry conducted with him on June 17. Mr. Ravindran submitted that the legislator would speak the truth only if he was arrested and subjected to custodial interrogation. He urged the court to dismiss the MLA’s anticipatory bail petition.
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The judge decided to pass orders on the advance bail plea in the course of the day after hearing heated arguments between the AAG and senior counsel S. Prabakaran representing the MLA. Opening the arguments on behalf of the petitioner, the senior counsel said, the Thiruvalangadu police had registered a First Information Report (FIR) on June 7 on the basis of a complaint lodged by a woman named Lakshmi.
