He went missing on February 15 after a press meet

After being apprised of the progress made by the Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) in tracing the whereabouts of environmental activist T. Mugilan alias Shanmugam who went missing from Chennai on February 15, the Madras High Court on Thursday granted three more weeks to the police to crack the case.

A Division Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and M. Nirmal Kumar went through a status report filed by the CB-CID in a sealed cover, made oral enquiries with the investigating officer and adjourned by three weeks a habeas corpus petition filed by human rights activist Henri Tiphagne of Madurai-based non-governmental organisation People’s Watch.