The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court has granted anticipatory bail to the retired inspector general of police (IG) of the Idol Wing CID, Pon Manickavel, in a case filed against him by the CBI for falsely implicating police officials in an idol theft case.
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader D Jayakumar raised doubts on Monday about the encounter killing of one of the accused in BSP leader K Armstrong's murder.
Upon receiving the information, fire tenders rushed to the spot and started to douse the fire. After two hours of the operation, the fire brigade was able to bring the fire under control. No one was injured in the incident.
Addressing a press conference after the meeting, Tamizhalaga Vettri Kazhagam General Secretary N Annand said, "On the advice of our president, we hold a consultation meeting today. We fixed the target at two crore members to be enlisted in the party through the membership drive.".
Greater Chennai City Police said that bomb detection and disposal squads and police personnel have been sent for anti-sabotage checks at these educational institutions and action is being taken to identify the culprit who sent these e-mails.
The dead were the passengers of the car. The car was coming from Courtallam in the district when the accident happened. While five of the passengers died on the spot, one died in Pulliyangudi Government Hospital, the police said.
Four people died on the spot. The tanker truck was transporting petrol from Irugur in Coimbatore district near Manakadau on the Dhrapuram-Palani road while the car was moving from Periyanayakan Palayam in Coimbatore district to Palani in Dindigul district for a wedding ceremony.
Manoj and Mariyappan, who were allegedly brutally assaulted, were admitted to the Tirunelveli Government Medical College Hospital with serious injuries, said police.
The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) on Sunday seized 213 grammes of Gold, worth around Rs. 12.83 lakh, from a passenger who arrived from Kuala Lumpur at Trichy Airport, said officials.