Madras High Court notice on plea seeking CBI probe into Vishnupriya's death

Chennai: The father of DSP Vishnupriya, who was found dead allegedly under mysterious circumstances on September 18, 2015, at her residence in Tiruchengode taluk in Namakkal district, has filed an appeal in Madras high court, challenging a single judge’s order which refused to order a CBI probe into the death.

A division Bench comprising Justices Satish K. Agnihotri and M. Venugopal before whom the appeal filed by M. Ravi came up for hearing, ordered notice to state government and CB-CID and posted the matter for further hearing after two weeks.

Senior counsel P. Wilson submitted that the appellant’s daughter Vishnupriya was found dead under mysterious circumstances and the death of his daughter was not known whether it was a homicide or suicide. However, the conduct and circumstances will clearly nail the involvement of two senior police officers, namely the Superintendent of Police, Namakkal and the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Salem range, against whom serious allegations were made in the writ petition.

Appellant's daughter was handling various sensitive cases apart from Gokul Raj murder case and she faced threats during her investigation in these cases.

Appellant’s daughter had confided these facts with his wife and despite his wife bringing it to the notice of the investigating officer, to his knowledge no enquiry was conducted relating to the same. Some sensitive cases handled by Vishnupriya were informed to the investigating officer. She was reprimanded by the SP for taking lawful action. This had led to confrontation with the SP, Wilson added.

Counsel said certain police officers who were colleagues and were working along with appellant's daughter had informed the appellant they were fearing to depose against high level police officers. The accusation being against State police, it would be desirable to transfer investigation to CBI, he said.