THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Targeting the LDF government for the alleged delay in questioning former devaswom minister Kadakampally Surendran and former TDB president P S Prasanth in the Sabarimala gold theft case, KPCC president Sunny Joseph has alleged that the government had exerted strong pressure over the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to prevent the questioning of the two leaders before the local body polls.
He also said it is condemnable that the government is protecting the accused in the case continuously. “The SIT failed to recover the stolen gold. Even after the Kerala High Court expressed its dissatisfaction over the slow pace of probe and its failure in reaching out to higher officials, the SIT has not made any progress. The government must reveal who instructed the SIT to keep the questioning of the former minister a secret?” asked Sunny.
Former KPCC president K Muralidharan also questioned secrecy held in questioning the former minister related to the Sabarimala gold theft case. Pointing out the large-scale presence of media when former CM K Karunakaran was questioned by the vigilance decades ago in an alleged case of accumulation of disproportionate wealth, Muralidharan asked why Kadakampally was treated in a compassionate level which was denied to the former CM.