Chennai, Feb. 4 -- The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the Crime Branch, Crime Investigation Department (CB-CID) to examine CCTV footage from the Tirunelveli-Seevalaperi stretch recorded on July 27, 2025, the day techie Kavin Selvaganesh, who belonged to a Scheduled Caste, was allegedly murdered in an honour killing by the brother of his girlfriend.

The direction came after the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) produced the footage, earlier sought by the court, while hearing petitions by K. Saravanan, father of the prime accused Surjith, and K. Jayapal, Surjith's cousin, who sought to quash the CB-CID charge sheet against them.

In his petition, Saravanan contended that the prosecution alleged he had ...