Chennai, Feb. 26 -- Madras High Court on Wednesday sought a response from the State government on a petition filed by an advocate seeking action against Tamil Nadu's Minister for Milk and Dairy Development, Mano Thangaraj, over a social media post allegedly linking Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the 'Epstein Files'.

Justice S Srimathy directed the State to file a counter affidavit while hearing the petition filed by M. Neethipandian, District Head of the BJP Advocates' Team, Tuticorin North.

The petitioner sought a direction to the Tuticorin District Police to take appropriate legal action against the Minister in connection with the controversial post.

The petitioner submitted that he had come across an "objectionable" Facebook post a...