The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking a CBI probe into the murder of a security guard at former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s retreat home at Kodanad Estate in Nilgiris district in 2017.
The PIL had sought an independent investigation into the allegation of involvement of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palanisamy in the case. Palaniswamy had denied the charge.
“Heard the counsel for the petitioner and perused the relevant material. We do not consider the present to be a fit case for admission. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed,” a bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said.
The plea filed KR Ramaswamy alias Traffic Ramaswamy had also sought directions to the State police to hand over the records relating to the Kodanad Estate’s robbery and murder of Om Bahadur, home guard of Jayalalithaa, on April 23, 2017.