AIADMK State secretary A Anbazhagan MLA on Saturday sought dismissal of DMK district secretary of Karaikal and MLA A M H Nazeem for attempting to tamper with Karaikal gang-rape case.
Addressing a press conference here, Anbazhagan claimed that Nazeem had attempted to convert the gang-rape case into a case of prostitution by asking the police to verify the character of the girl before filing an FIR and shield the partymen accused in the case.
The girl was gang-raped twice, but the DMK leader in an interview to a television channel tried to cast aspersions on the character of the victim even before the investigations are over, which amounts to disrespect of women, he said.
Wondering whether it was the view of the DMK party when a 21-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped by over 12 people, Anbazhagan urged the Director General of Police to initiate action against Nazeem. Anbazhagan said that he would file a complaint with the Election Commission seeking his removal as MLA. Anbazghagan also demanded that Nazim be not allowed to attend the Legislative Assembly session on December 30.
However, Nazeem had denied pressuring any police official against registering a case against the accused.
“I have not indulged in any character assassination but only expressed what the police had told me and not given my opinion. What I said was misinterpreted,” Nazeem told Express. The accused are not members of DMK either, he added.
It might be noted that the woman, who had come to Karaikal from Thiruvarur along with her friend on December 24, was abducted and gangraped twice that night.
However, police refused to register a case on her complaint following which senior police personnel intervened and Karaikal Town police inspector Venkatachalapathy and head constable Sabapathy were suspended for this.