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The Tamil Nadu Raj Bhavan on Thursday said the Chennai police did not register its complaint on the petrol bomb incident, and alleged a fair probe was 'killed' even before it began.
Further, it alleged the police diluted the attack as an act of simple vandalism and did not take up detailed interrogation. "Police did not register Raj Bhavan's complaint on the attack. The police Suo Motu diluted the attack as an act of simple vandalism and in a hurry got arrested accused remanded to jail at midnight waking up the magistrate and preventing detailed interrogation which could expose those behind the attack," Tamil Nadu Raj Bhavan stated. "A fair investigation is killed before it begins," Raj Bhavan added. Earlier on Wednesday, Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai alleged that the petrol bomb incident outside Raj Bhawan shows that the DMK government is "sponsoring" these attacks, adding that Chief Minister MK Stalin is adopting "diversification tactics." In a post on X, Tamil Nadu BJP President Annamalai said, "Petrol bombs were hurled at Raj Bhavan today, reflects the true law and order situation in Tamil Nadu. While DMK is busy diverting the attention of people to insignificant matters of interest, criminals have taken the streets." He further stated that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin would remain silent on the incident and employ diversion tactics. "Incidentally, it is the same person who attacked BJP Tamil Nadu Headquarters in Chennai in Feb 2022 who is held responsible for the attack on Raj Bhavan today. These continuous attack only leaves one to think that the DMK government is sponsoring these attacks. Thiru MK Stalin will now be preparing for the next diversion, as he always does," he said. Responding to the attack on Raj Bhavan DMK MP Kanimozhi said the state government had taken immediate action to arrest the accused. "It is condemnable. No one accepts that act. The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has asked to take action. The person who hurled the petrol bomb also has been arrested and more investigation will be done on this. The accused would be punished" Kanimozhi told reporters. Meanwhile, a complaint has been lodged at Guindy police station regarding the incident. In this regard, Prem Anand Sinha, Additional Commissioner of Police said, "Around 3 pm, an unidentified person tried to throw some bottles of petrol outside Raj Bhavan near barricades. As soon as this was noticed by the security personnel present there, they surrounded him, confiscated other bottles from his hand and immediately handed him over to the patrol vehicle and took him to the police station." No casualties have been reported in the incident. "It seems that he was drunk. There is absolute, alert and proper bandobast in front of Raj Bhavan. The person has been identified as a history-sheeter named K Vinod and he's a habitual offender.6-7 cases are already there against him," he added. (ANI)
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