Rameshwaram cafe blast: MoS Karandlaje apologises over cafe blast remark

“I state that the alleged comment made by me about the people of Tamil Nadu while addressing the media about the Rameshwaram cafe bomb blast case at Bengaluru, was made without any intention to hurt the sentiments and feeling of the people of Tamil Nadu,” the minister said in her affidavit. “Hence, I hereby once again tender my apology to the people of Tamil Nadu for having caused any hurt from my comments. The same may kindly be taken on record in the interest of the justice.”

Karandlaje had filed a petition before justice G Jayachandran to quash the first information report (FIR) against her registered by Tamil Nadu’s Madurai cyber crime police on March 20. It was based on the complaint of a resident against her for “promoting enmity” between different groups.

In the previous hearing in August, the Madras high court had granted 10 days’ time for the counsel of Karandlaje to get instructions from her on a press meet to apologise for her remarks on the Rameshwaram cafe blast.