TN Raj Bhavan Petrol Bomb Case: NIA Chargesheets One Person

The National Investigation Agency on Saturday has filed a charge sheet against an individual in the Tamil Nadu Raj Bhavan Petrol bomb case.

The chargesheet was filed before an NIA Special Court at Poonamallee in Chennai under various sections of the IPC and Sections 3, 4, and 5 of the Explosive Substances Act 1908, along with Section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Property Act 1992.

The NIA stated that the charge-sheeted accused, Vinoth alias Karukka Vinoth, hurled 2 petrol bombs in quick succession at the Raj Bhavan Gate 1 in Chennai on October 25 last year in the case (RC-03/2023/NIA/CHE), adding “the bomb resulted in explosion and damages to the government property located at the gate.”

The NIA stated that this was the 4th such incident involving the accused.

NIA added, “Previously, Vinoth had thrown petrol bombs at government establishments like the TASMAC (Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation) outlet in T Nagar, the Teynampet Police Station and the BJP Tamil Nadu State Head Office in Chennai.”

In the recent case, the accused, the NIA stated, intending to overawe the constitutional authority of the state governor, stolen petrol from a bike in SM Nagar, collected empty liquor bottles to fill them with petrol, walked up from Teynampet to Raj Bhawan, and hurled 2 petrol bombs at the Raj Bhavan gate at around 2.40 p.m.

The on-duty police personnel immediately rushed towards the accused person to restrain him, but the latter threatened them and thus deterred them from the discharge of their duty.

Based on a special report by police personnel, a case was initially registered at Guindy Police Station. The case was re-registered by the NIA on November 10, last year.