Chennai Commissioner denies police threatened pvt firm manager

    Chennai, Jul 12 (PTI) Chennai Police Commissioner A Arun on Saturday denied that the police threatened a manager of a private company who allegedly died by suicide in Madhavaram on July 9.
    The manager identified as Naveen took the extreme step in a hut in Puzhal here. He was reportedly accused of swindling money.
    His hands were found tied loosely and the case appeared to a be suicide based on scientific evidence but investigation was underway, Arun said.
    "Its a classic case of suicide - the way he tied the knot... the police have not summoned him for enquiry nor have they threatened him," the Commissioner told reporters here.
    To a question, he replied that the police would investigate in other angle if someone complained about abetment. "Only then we will enquire if he has been threatened. In his mail the man has confessed that he had swindled Rs 40 crore and he agreed to repay the sum after disposing of the land he had bought with the misappropriated money," the Commissioner said.
    On the confiscation of narcotics following the arrest of persons involved in a drunken brawl at a pub in Nungambakkam, Arun said the police were investigating the "backward and forward linkages" in the case in which 27 persons have been arrested so far. Among them, six were detained under the Goondas Act.
    Following the police crackdown, the use of drugs at pubs have decreased as '54 drug suppliers' were arrested and this included 23 foreigners, he said.

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