A day after the Ernakulam Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) returned a chargesheet filed by the CBI on the death of Saseendran, former company secretary of Malabar Cements Ltd (MCL) and his two sons, the CBI filed a petition on Saturday before the CJM for the cancellation of bail given to V M Radhakrishnan alias Chakku Radhakrishnan, who is the key accused in the case.
According to the CBI, Isaac Varghese, a close associate of Radhakrishnan, threatened key witness Muhammed Sulaiman, an official of MCL.The petition was filed by investigation officer Nandakumar Nair.
According to the petition, Muhammed Sulaiman had filed a complaint before that Circle Inspector that Varghese had threatened him on May 29 that he had a crucial document that contained secret statements of witnesses taken under 164 CrPC and it was given to him by Radhakrishnan.
Sulaiman said he was told this when he had gone to Varghese’ house to get his land titledeed back. Isaac said Radhakrishnan would be acquitted soon and then Sulaiman’s life will be in danger. Varghese later called him over the phone and told him that what he had said earlier was not true. A copy of the complaint given by Muhammed Sulaiman registered with the CI was also submitted before the court.
According to the CBI, Varghese had raised false allegation against Saseendran’s wife in his petition filed before the HC. The agency said this was done on the direction of Radhakrishnan.
“The accused will use all means to torpedo the case. There is a grave threat on the lives and security of key witnesses who deposed of against the accused. Investigation has also revealed that the accused has his entire clout, business and manpower mostly operated and controlled from Palakkad. His presence in Palakkad will be a threat to the security of witnesses. The accused had earlier threatened some officials of MCL who finally succumbed to his pressure,” the CBI said in the petition.
As the accused has violated bail condition by influencing and threatening Muhammed Sulaiman through Issac Varghese, it requested the court to set aside the bail order and send the accused to custody. The court will consider the petition on Monday.