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Vishnu Kanchi Police Station has filed a case against noted columnist S Gurumurthy on charges of attempting to deviate the investigation of Sankararaman murder case being conducted by Special Investigation Team, by giving wrong information.
The case, under Sections 191 (giving wrong information) and 197 (issuing or signing in false certificates) of the IPC has been filed following a complaint by Additional SP, Sakthivel, investigating officer of the murder case.
Talking to News Today over telephone, Premkumar, SP, who is heading the SIT, said Gurumurthy wrote an article in a daily 9 December, 2004, contending that Rajini and Kathiravan arrested in connection with the Sankararaman murder case were not real offenders and the case was a fabricated one.
Later, the SIT summoned him to seek clarification on the statement and the enquiry which was videographed, went on for one and half hours.
Premkumar said that during the interrogation, Gurumurthy could not substantiate his argument put forth in his article. 'However, he forwarded a notice to the SIT stating that interrogating him was a wrong committed by the investigation team as he had freedom to express his views', Premkumar added.
Besides, Gurumurthy had also sent Rs.1000 seeking a copy of the cassette videographed during the interrogation.
Following this, the Investigation Officer had registered a complaint with the First Judicial Magistrate Court in Kanchipuram contending that Gurumurthy was trying to deviate the direction of the investigation in the murder case.
Following the Magistrate's order, a FIR has been filed in the Vishnu Kanchi police station.
However, when contacted, Gurumurthy described the police action as 'completely unconstitutional'. He also said that he would take all legal action.
Any one who is arrested under Section
191 of the IPC can be sentenced to non-bailable imprisonment for seven
years while Section 197 is a bailable offence where only penalty could
be imposed.
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