The Chennai High Court has ordered the Tamil Nadu DGP to provide armed police protection to retired IAS officer Sagayam.
In the petition filed by voluntary retirement IAS officer Sagayam, he said, “While serving as the District Collector of Madurai district, the High Court appointed him as the commissioner to investigate the granite irregularities.
He also stated that, based on the High Court’s order, after conducting the investigation, he submitted a report to the High Court saying that the government had suffered a loss of Rs 1.11 lakh crore due to the illegal quarrying of granite stones.
Based on this report, the case is under trial in the Madurai Special Court. The petition also states that the police protection provided to me since 2014 on the orders of the High Court was withdrawn in 2023.
Because the protection was withdrawn, I, who have been included as a witness in the granite irregularities case, am unable to appear in court and give testimony, he said.
Since the threats continue, he had requested that the application submitted on October 7 last year seeking continued protection be considered and that orders be issued to provide protection again.
This case came up for hearing today before Judge G.K. Ilanthiraiyan. At that time, on behalf of Sagayam, it was stated that the security provided to him had been withdrawn without any prior notice. Therefore, it was requested that an order be issued to provide him security again.
On behalf of the Tamil Nadu government, it was stated that the petition filed by the petitioner seeking security was under consideration by the review committee.
After hearing arguments from both sides, the judge ordered the Tamil Nadu DGP to provide police protection to retired IAS officer Sagayam, who goes to give testimony in cases related to the granite scam, with at least one armed police officer accompanying him.
Furthermore, he disposed of the case by directing the review committee to examine the petitioner’s request petition and issue appropriate orders regarding the provision of police protection.
