T.N. Police accused of submitting fabricated CCTV footage in court to prove cinematographer’s presence in police station

January 24, 2024 01:29 pm | Updated 03:56 pm IST - CHENNAI In an unusual case of a litigant accusing the police of having submitted fabricated closed circuit television footage before the court to prove his presence in a police station on a particular day, the Madras High Court has called for the Call Detail Records along with the tower locations of the mobile phone used by the litigant on that day. Justice A.D. Jagadish Chandira passed the orders on a contempt of court petition filed by Southern India Cinematographer’s Association general secretary M. Ilavarasu against the Inspector of Soundarapandiyanar Angadi Police Station at T. Nagar in Chennai. Since there was no progress, it had filed a petition in the High Court in 2022 seeking a direction to the Central Crime Branch police to complete the investigation at the earliest and file a final report within a time to be stipulated by the court. When the government advocate produced CCTV footage from the police station to prove that the petitioner had indeed appeared on December 12, Mr. Ilango claimed that his client was in a film shooting at Mahabalipuram on that particular day and not available in Chennai at all.