Tamil Nadu ADGP arrested in kidnap case following court directive
Chennai (PTI): The Madras High Court on Monday orally directed the Tamil Nadu police to arrest an ADGP ranked official in connection with a kidnap case and he was secured minutes later.
Justice P Velmurugan gave the directive while hearing an anticipatory bail application filed by MLA M Jagan Moorthy, who apprehended arrest in the case. He represents Kilvaithinankuppam (SC) and heads an outfit.
Assistant Director General of Police (ADGP) HM Jayaram (Armed Police) was arrested after he came out of the court building.
The judge also came down heavily on the legislator.
When the case came up for hearing on Monday, the judge orally summoned Moorthy, leader of Puthia Bharatham Katchi and ADGP Jayaram, whose official car was allegedly used for kidnapping, to appear before the court in the afternoon. Accordingly both appeared before the court.
The Judge asked Jagan Moorthy as to how many votes he secured to become a MLA.
Moorthy replied that he polled around 80,000 votes and won by a margin of 10,000 votes.
To this, the judge said the people had cast their votes in his favour to serve them and not to conduct Kangaroo Courts.
He asked Moorthy to go to the Legislative Assembly and highlight people's issues on the floor and make an attempt to solve them.
"You not only represent those who voted for you but you represent the entire constituency", the judge orally added.
The court said if any layman approaches the MLA with some grievance, he should try to help them.
Pointing out at the submission of the Additional Public Prosecutor that when the police went to call him for enquiry, nearly 2,000 people surrounded his house, the judge said this was not good.
"Why do you want so many people with you. You are an MLA. Why are you shying," the judge added.
The judge asked the MLA to cooperate with the inquiry. The judge made these observations orally. The court also directed the police to secure ADGP Jayaram.
One cannot equate the MLA and the police as the latter was a public servant. The court wanted to send the message to all public servants, the judge added.
In his brief order, the judge said since two of the accused have given a confession statement against the ADGP, action should be taken against him in the manner known to law.
The judge posted to June 26, further hearing of the case.
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AIITA welcomes Karnataka’s ban on obscene songs in school events
Bhatkal: The Karnataka unit of the All India Ideal Teachers Association (AIITA) has welcomed the Karnataka government’s decision to strictly ban school children from dancing to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes in government, aided, and private schools across the state.
AIITA Karnataka State President M. R. Manvi congratulated the government for taking what he termed an important step to preserve the sanctity of education.
“Such decisions to safeguard the dignity of school children and uphold the values of education are the need of the hour. This rule should not be limited to government schools alone but must be strictly implemented in all private educational institutions as well,” he said.
He further urged the government to address other concerns within school programmes.
“The government should not only prohibit obscene dances in the name of school anniversaries, but also ensure that plays and dialogues that incite religious hatred are avoided. Schools should be centres of harmony, not platforms for spreading hatred,” he added.
According to a recent circular issued by the Department of School Education and Literacy, obscene dances are adversely affecting the mental health and moral values of students.
In this regard, schools have been advised to use songs that promote nationalism, positive thinking, the greatness of Kannada culture, and value-based traditions instead of inappropriate content during programmes.
The circular also emphasises that students should be dressed in decent attire.
AIITA also backed the department’s warning that disciplinary action would be taken against head teachers if such guidelines are violated. The association has further demanded that district Deputy Directors of Public Instruction strictly monitor the implementation of these rules.
