Parmesh S JAIN
The controversial chandru murder case will be probed by the Criminal investigation department , Home minister Agara Jnanendra said here on Sunday.
The case which led to fight between the ruling and the opposition party after the home minister statement that the Chandru was murdered for failing to speak in Urdu language, while police quoting the video recorded statement of the prime witness stated that the murder was due to road rage .
Home minister,later retracted the statement .
While the opposition congress demanded action against the home minister statement,ruling Party MLC, N Ravikumar accused city police Commissioner of lying about the case.
Director General and Inspector General of Police, Praveen Sood along with city police Commissioner,Kamal Pant,met Chief minister and updated him about the case along with the video recorded statement of Simon Raj, who witnessed the attack.
The case taken a twist after Simon Raj told the media that Chandru was stabbed because he was not speaking Urdu.
Though Home minister reiterate his earlier statement,the opposition party demanded his resignation and even filed a complaint against him in Malleshwaram police station.
The ruling party came in support of home minister and said that the home minister was correct in his statement and shifted the blame on city police commissioner accusing of lying.
considering all the aspects Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the statements on this is not important but the truth behind the incident is important hence The CID is going to probe the case in all angles, he added.
