Techie's death: HC asks why no action has been taken against Corpn, police officials

The Madras High Court on Monday asked why no action has been taken against the Chennai Corporation and police officials who failed to prevent the erection of the unauthorised digital banner that led to the death of a 23-year-old woman techie in Pallikaranai recently.

Justice M S Ramesh raised the oral query while hearing a plea moved by E Tamizmani of Ilayathalaimurai, an NGO, seeking direction to the Chennai Police commissioner to grant permission to the organisation to hold a token fast in front of the corporation's Pallikaranai office to express solidarity with the grief-stricken family of R Subashri who died when the banner came down crashing down on her on September 12.

The judge then directed the police commissioner to file his response to the plea on September 25.

Tamizmani in the petition said, he made a representation to the commissioner seeking permission for the protest on September 15, but when it was rejected, he moved the court.

When the plea came up, the petitioner ...