India, July 6 -- The Supreme Court agreed to hear a fresh plea filed by the DMK alleging that ministers in the Tamil Nadu government, who are also accused in the Karur stampede case, are attempting to influence witnesses in the ongoing CBI investigation. The matter is scheduled to be heard on Tuesday before a Bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Sheel Nagu.

The application was filed by senior DMK leader R.S. Bharathi, who argued that recent public statements made by Public Works Minister Aadhav Arjuna, one of the accused in the case, could prejudice the court-monitored CBI probe. During the mention before the apex court, senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi submitted that some of the accused, now serving as ministers in the present govern...