Tamil Nadu Law Minister Reghupathy alleged that Karukka Vinoth, the man who hurled petrol bombs in front of the Raj Bhavan, the residence of the Governor, on October 25, was bailed out by a BJP lawyer. Reghupathy said that he received a piece of information that Vinoth was bailed out by a lawyer who is associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He also noted that it has created suspicion and the police are also investigating the matter from this angle.
Muthamizh Selvakumar, Tiruvarur district BJP lawyer unit secretary, reportedly bailed out Vinoth from jail, three days ago in a different case. This was for hurling a petrol bomb at Kamalayalam, ,the BJP headquarters, in Chennai in 2022. DMK says the link between the accused Karukka Vinoth and the BJP lawyer, has exposed the BJP’s attempt to create restlessness in Chennai.
When he was arrested by the police near Raj Bhavan, the police had recovered two more petrol bombs from him. According to reports, he was irked by RN Ravi’s alleged dissent to his premature release and refusal to release Muslim prisoners. Vinoth is a resident of SM Nagar in Nandanam and had been arrested in February 2022 after he reportedly hurled three petrol bombs at Kamalayalam, the BJP head office in T Nagar.
After his arrest in 2022, Vinoth reportedly told the police that he threw the bombs to express his disdain against the BJP’s stand on the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET). He was in prison for a year before he was released three days before the incident. Reports also said that he had allegedly thrown petrol bombs at a government run liquor store in 2015 and the Teynampet police station in 2017. Vinoth has at least 14 cases registered against him out of which four are for attempted murder and ten other criminal cases.