Chennai, Sept. 30 -- The Madras High Court on Wednesday refused to transfer the investigation into the case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act involving granite baron R Veeramani to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), saying the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the Tamil Nadu government should be given time to collect evidence.

Justice V Lakshminarayanan said the SIT was formed only four days ago and had already commenced its investigation and there was no justification for transferring the probe to the CBI without giving the SIT an opportunity to investigate the case.

"The SIT itself had been formed hardly four days ago. I am sure the TN police does not have a crystal ball or magic w...