Chennai, July 5 :
Chennai, July 5:
The Tamil Nadu government is unlikely to take action against police officers in a hurry despite the Centre's insistence in its warning. The state director general of police, A. Ravindranath, said here this morning: 'The Union home ministry's letter is still being studied. I can tell you my men behaved professionally.'
Ravindranath was talking to journalists informally at the airport. Chief minister Jayalalitha, too, had come to the airport to see off former Governor Fathima Beevi, who resigned in the wake of the controversy surrounding Karunanidhi's arrest. (Jayalalitha also refused to speak to the press in the secretariat at Fort St George).
Beevi, too, refused to say anything beyond 'I will pray for the people of Tamil Nadu'. She did not appear to be sarcastic. Some of the police officers named by Karunanidhi as he narrated how he was arrested have denied they were present at 21 Oliver Road, Karunanidhi's house, on Friday night. Karunanidhi had named officers Mohammed Ali, Sarangan, George, Prabhakaran, Murugesan, Shanmuga Rajeswaran and Christopher Nelson.
George, the joint commissioner (Chennai central), Shanmuga Rajeswaran, deputy commissioner, Sarangan, a superintendent of police, and Nelson, a joint commissioner, denied they were in the team that raided Karunanidhi's house.
The team that carried out the operation was led by deputy inspector general (crime branch, CID) Mohammed Ali.
Cong protest
The Congress plans to take up with President K.R. Narayanan the manner in which Beevi was removed, reports our correspondent from Delhi. The party has also objected to Union law minister Arun Jaitley's decision to release 'confidential' communication between the Governor and the President to the press.





