Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday rejected the Opposition’s demand for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the suicide of a 27-year-old woman Deputy Superintendent of Police and asserted that the state Crime Branch-CID would handle the probe ‘impartially’.
“The suicide of (DSP) Vishnupriya is not a very complicated case warranting a CBI probe. CB-CID would expeditiously handle the case in an impartial manner,” she said in the Assembly.
<g data-gr-id="23">Vishnupriyar</g>, the DSP of Tiruchengode in Namakkal district, had allegedly hanged herself on September 18. Her family and one of her batchmates had alleged that she took the extreme step due to harassment by superiors in connection with a case related to the murder of a Dalit youth, which she was investigating, a charge denied by the police.
Several opposition parties, including DMK, have demanded a CBI probe into the case.
The issue was raised in the Assembly on Tuesday by the opposition with DMK's E V Velu and CPI-M member A Soundararajan making a mention. Citing the CBI probe ordered into the suicide of an IAS officer in neighbouring Karnataka, Velu said the DSP case also should be probed by the central agency.
Responding to the demand, Jayalalithaa said, “There is no need for a CBI inquiry into her suicide, this case and the Gokulraj murder case which Vishnupriya was handling have been transferred to CB-CID probe,” she said.