New Delhi, July 7 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea filed by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Organising Secretary RS Bharathi alleging attempts by accused persons belonging to the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) to influence witnesses in the Karur rally stampede case.

A bench of Justices KV Viswanathan and Alok Aradhe allowed Bharathi to withdraw the application and granted him liberty to pursue other remedies available in law.

"Heard Mr Ranjit Kumar for the applicant. He seeks to withdraw this application to pursue such other remedies as may be available. We dismiss the application as withdrawn on the above terms," the Court said.

During the hearing, the Court questioned how it could entertain an application f...