High drama was witnessed when a division bench of the Court's Madurai bench, comprising Justice P R Shivakumar and Justice V S Ravi, was hearing a Habeas Corpus Petition (HCP) filed by 84-year-old woman K Dhanam from Ramjinagar.
She said her 64-year-old son Amarnathan went missing from November 1 this year.
When the case came up, police as per an earlier direction, produced him before the court.
He alleged that he was taken to the central crime branch police of Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh and some officers allegedly demanded that he pay Rs two crore to them. They threatened that they would book him in red sanders smuggling cases. Finally, he was released after Rs five lakh was paid, he claimed.
The court asked the government side about the case. Additional public prosecutor R Ramachandran replied that the police have registered a case.
The court directed police to investigate the petitioner's complaint and closed the HCP filed by his mother.