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Besides the DMK president, others mentioned in the FIR are former home secretary Shanta Sheela Nair, former director general of police F C Sharma and inspector general of police (prisons) K V S Murthy.
On Monday, VIIth Metropolitan Magistrate S Rajathi had ordered a police inquiry into allegations of torture of minority prisoners on a petition by Preethi Bhaskaran. The magistrate directed the police to submit its report to the court by August 10.
After the blasts, scores of members of the banned AL-Umma outfit, including S A Basha, were arrested and lodged in prisons in Madras, Tiruchirapalli, Vellore, Coimbatore and Salem.
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