Expressing serious concern over the “snail’s pace” at which Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) has been conducting investigation in an 18-year-old boy kidnap case, in which MLA ‘Poovai’ M. Jagan Moorthy and ADGP H.M. Jayaram (now under suspension) were the suspects, the Madras High Court on Friday (July 25, 2025) said, it only leads to an apprehension as to whether “this great nation is drifting towards Police Raj.”
Justice G. Jayachandran said, though the Director General of Police/Head of Police Force (DGP/HoPF) Shankar Jiwal had transferred the investigation from Thiruvalangadu police in Tiruvallur district to the CB-CID on June 23, 2025 itself, he could not see any substantial progress having been made by the subsequent investigating agency from a bare perusal of the Case Diary (CD) maintained by it.
“The status report about the action taken so far and the proposed action to be taken in future does not inspire confidence about the investigation done by the CB-CID so far. The delay in the investigation has already provided adequate space for intimidating and tampering witnesses which is implicitly seen from the averments made in the present bail petition filed by the three arrested accused,” the judge said.
