The Hindu : Court notice to Krishna, Jayalalithaa

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Court notice to Krishna, Jayalalithaa

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE SEPT. 3. The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Karnataka Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, and his Tamil Nadu counterpart, Jayalalithaa, the Minister of State for Agro-Processing in the Krishna Ministry, Raju Gowda, and others in a writ petition seeking an investigation into the Central Bureau of Investigation of the death of the former Minister, H. Nagappa, in the captivity of the forest brigand, Veerappan.

Mr. Justice N. Kumar passed the order on the petition filed by Parimala Nagappa, wife of Nagappa. Ms. Nagappa said the investigation ordered by Karnataka into the death of her husband was lopsided.

The Union and the State Governments are the other respondents in the petition.

Ms. Nagappa's counsel, M. Sivappa, pointed out that the investigation by the State police had not made any headway. From the sequence of events, it was clear that Veerappan did not intend to kill Nagappa.

Mr. Sivappa said Mr. Krishna and Mr. Raju Gowda, being political opponents of Nagappa, did not give importance to the investigation. Veerappan's demand that Mr. Gowda be sent as an emissary revealed his connection with the brigand, he alleged.

Ms. Nagappa also sought an interim direction to the Government to keep the material, papers, statements and evidence along with the articles collected so far in connection with Nagappa's death in the custody of either the High Court or the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Kollegal.

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