Bengaluru, Sept. 30 -- The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Tuesday moved the Madras high court seeking a direction to the special investigation team (SIT) probing the Pocso case against granite baron R Veeramani to summon chief minister C Joseph Vijay and ministers Aadhav Arjuna and C T R Nirmal Kumar for inquiry.

In its plea filed through party treasurer and MP TR Baalu, the DMK urged the Court to ask the SIT to summon the chief minister and the two TVK ministers to "obtain any evidence in their possession." The petitioner referred to the respondents' public allegations that the previous DMK regime had protected Veeramani and claimed to have material evidence to support the allegations. He said if they had information or evidence con...