Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today filed a defamation case against BJP leader Subramanian Swamy in a city court over his remarks related to the issue of state fishermen being detained by Sri Lanka.
The petition filed by City Public Prosecutor M L Jagan on behalf of the Chief Minister in the Principal Sessions Judge Court contended that Swamy's remarks were defamatory.
Jayalalithaa also filed defamation case against the Editor and Publisher of the daily “Dinamalar” for publishing Swamy's remarks.
The BJP leader Subramanian Swamy had remarked that he had “advised” the Sri Lankan government not to release the boats of fishermen as they were rich and out to destroy the marine resources.
