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After the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) produced the CCTV footage recorded connected Tirunelveli- Seevalaperi agelong connected July 27, 2025, the time techie Kavin Selvaganesh, who belonged to a Scheduled Caste, was murdered allegedly by the member of his caste Hindu girlfriend, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court connected Tuesday directed the CB-CID to peruse the footage and record a report.
Justice L. Victoria Gowri issued the absorption portion proceeding the petitions filed by the accused, K. Saravanan, begetter of main accused Surjith and K. Jayapal, Surjith’s cousin, who sought a absorption to quash CB-CID’s charge-sheet filed against them. Earlier, the tribunal had directed the NHAI to nutrient the CCTV footage.
Saravanan said the prosecution alleged that helium facilitated the hiding of Surjith successful a quarry (after the crime). The region betwixt the spot of execution and the hideout was 15-20 km and determination were 20-25 CCTV cameras on the route. Despite the availability of specified important physics evidence, the prosecution had failed to nutrient immoderate CCTV footage showing whether helium travelled to the quarry, Jayapal went determination aft Surjith’s arrival, oregon the duration of their alleged stay.
The petitioner said if specified footage had been produced, it would intelligibly found helium was not contiguous astatine the hideout and helium was the 1 who handed implicit Surjith to the constabulary connected the highway. The deliberate non-collection and suppression of this captious grounds demonstrated that the prosecution avoided producing worldly which would person exonerated him.
Jayapal said helium learnt astir the incidental lone aft Surjith reached the quarry. The prosecution case, adjacent arsenic pleaded successful the last report, did not disclose immoderate worldly to amusement helium had anterior cognition of the transgression oregon that helium prearranged structure for Surjith.
The series of events indicated that Surjith independently proceeded to the quarry. Only aft Surjith’s accomplishment helium knew astir the incident. There was nary admissible worldly specified arsenic anterior call, connection oregon autarkic witnesser to found helium directed Surjith towards the quarry.
Kavin Selvaganesh from Arumugamangalam adjacent Eral successful Thoothukudi territory was successful a narration with Siddha doc S. Subhashini of Palayamkottai.
Kavin was murdered connected July 27, 2025, allegedly by Ms. Subhashini’s younger member Surjith. The constabulary arrested Surjith, his begetter Saravanan, a Sub-Inspector of Police, who has present been placed nether suspension, and relative Jayapal for assisting him. Surjith’s parent Krishnakumari, besides an SI, has been placed nether suspension.
