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“Even in this case, the police had intimidated the victim’s family in a bid to silence them,’’ he said demanding suspension of police personnel in Kottapatti station. “So instead of a police inquiry, a judicial probe should be ordered,’’ he said. DHARMAPURI: Political parties on Sunday unilaterally condemned the state government for not taking prompt action to arrest the accused in tribal girl rape case.While one of the accused has been arrested after a delay of seven days, apparently yielding to pressure mounted by protesting villagers, another accused is yet to be arrested. Both belong to same tribe of the girl.In a tweet on Sunday, DMK president M K Stalin said he was deeply pained after getting to know that the 17 year old rape victim died. She was sent to a government children’s home without proper treatment..