Tamil Nadu CB-CID still clueless about boy's death

Three days have gone by but the police are still clueless about the death a 13-year-old boy, who sustained bullet wounds after he strayed into an army area.

Sources said Army personnel including a Lt Colonel were quizzed for the third day today by CB-CID, the agency entrusted with the probe.

They, however, refused to divulge further details of the probe.

Dilshan, a resident of the Indira Gandhi Nagar was shot at in the army residential premises in Island Grounds locality, triggering protests from the locals.

The boy's family has alleged he was shot by army personnel.

Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, who  is in Delhi, termed the killing as "unpardonable" and asked the army to handover the person responsible to the police.

"It is quite clear that some from within the army enclave shot at the boy. Our chief secretary has written to the General Officer Commanding requesting that the person responsible for the unpardonable act be handed over to state police to be dealt with according to law", she said.