Chennai: More than 50 staff members of Tamil Nadu’s Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR & CE) Department lodged a complaint against Pon Manickavel, who was recently appointed as a special officer to investigate the smuggling of antique idols from temples.
Meanwhile, on Thursday, the staffs of the HR & CE department met the Director General of Police T.K Rajendran and handed over a complaint saying that Pon Manickavel is acting in a biased manner and not conducting an investigation in accordance with law. They further say that he is threatening the officials of HR&CE and implicating them in false cases.
This comes a week after 13 police personnel from the idol wing handed over a complaint against the special officer Pon Manickavel, four senior police officers visited the DGP to hammer the complaint alleging that he forced them to foist cases on his personal and professional foes. however, Manickavel has denied all the allegations and said none of the officers who filed the complaint was actually investigating officers in any of the cases.
