Senior Advocate NR Elango, appearing for the Police, argued that the mere deletion of the post would not absolve Arjuna from the offences. He pointed out that even though the post was deleted, it had been viewed by around one lakh people. 

[06/11, 08:27] Sekarreporter: https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/madras-high-court/madras-high-court-tvk-aadhav-arjuna-no-final-report-till-next-hearing-308938
[06/11, 08:28] Sekarreporter: Senior Advocate NR Elango, appearing for the Police, argued that the mere deletion of the post would not absolve Arjuna from the offences. He pointed out that even though the post was deleted, it had been viewed by around one lakh people. 

Elango also submitted that Arjuna, even after being in charge of the party functions, had fled the scene after the tragedy and had resurfaced online to make the posts. It was argued that when such posts were made, it was the duty of the police to register an FIR and conduct an investigation. He also submitted that there were no consequences to Arjuna’s posts, since the police had intervened promptly. 

With respect to preliminary inquiry, Elango submitted that, as per the rulings of the Supreme Court, it was not mandatory to conduct a preliminary inquiry before registering the FIR when the authority was prima facie satisfied based on the complaint.