Ramesh letters contradictory, says Muthukaruppan

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI, JULY 19. The City Police Commissioner, Mr. K. Muthukaruppan, today gave the assurance that a fair enquiry would be conducted into the alleged suicide of Ramesh, a civil contractor and close associate of the Chennai Mayor, Mr. M.K. Stalin.

At his weekly press briefing here, Mr. Muthukaruppan said the police found a lot of contradictions in the two letters purported to have been written by the deceased.

While in the first letter, dated July 15, there was only his signature, the second one released yesterday contained a thumb impression also.

Similarly, in the first letter, Ramesh mentioned that he did not know the contractor, Mr. Deivasigamani (who was allegedly kidnapped), while in the second letter, details of his kidnap were explained. This raised doubts in the police, he said.

The police completed a thorough check of the Anna Nagar house here of Ramesh and they also obtained the signatures of the family members after the search. At that time there was only one letter. How did the second one appear suddenly, he wondered. However, this letter would also be sent to the Forensic Laboratory for analysis, he said.

On the previous letter, the police had not yet received the experts' opinion.

The relatives had to explain to the interrogating officials the delay in their informing the police the suicide by about two hours, Mr. Muthukaruppan said. Similarly the police would also probe why the second letter was released 72 hours after the July 15 death. A few years ago Ramesh was running a non-banking finance company at Kovilpatti and he failed to repay money to depositors.

The police received complaints and a case was registered by the CB CID, Mr. Muthukaruppan said.

It was clear the second letter was drafted by a legal advisor, as it contained the crime number and mentioned about the case filed against him in the K.K. Nagar police station, the Commissioner said.

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