TN govt files 2 defamation cases against Tamil & English daily

Chennai

In his complaint filed on behalf of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, City Public Prosecutor M L Jegan submitted that the contents of the news item in the Tamil daily on Decembr 12, 2015 captioned "Heavy rains were converted into floods by Tamil Nadu government" was defamatory in nature.

The report published in the English daily on the alleged delay in taking decision over opening Chembarabakkam reservoir was also defamatory in nature, the CPP submitted.

Both the cases were filed before the Principal Sessions Judge, Audinathan, the CPP said.