Reiterating that there was no need to initiate further probe into the T P Chandrashekaran murder case, Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan said that if any fresh evidence is produced in the case, the government will not hesitate to conduct further investigations.
Speaking to mediapersons on Tuesday after a high-level meet with North Zone police officers, at Kunnamangalam near here, the minister added that the trial court was the authority to take decision in the matter. However, no such circumstances have arose and the trail in the case is progressing. At this juncture, further probe by any agency is not possible, he added.
Replying to the demand for a CBI probe by K K Rema, T P’s wife, Thiruvanchoor said, “The government has sympathy for Rema as she is the victim of the murder. The law will take its course and it is the government’s responsibility to get her justice. The government wants to find out all the accused behind the murder and bring them before the law,” he added.
The Home Minister alleged that the claim by CPM that it had no links in the murder proved baseless with the detention of many who are associated with the party. “Of the 118 witnesses, 69 persons stood firm on their statements while 49 turned hostile including a police official.
The DGP is examining the issue of the civil police trainee who turned hostile in the case. The retraction of statements by the witnesses before the Magistrate under section 164 of CRPC is very serious. The action against them will be decided by the trial court,” he said, adding that no fake witnesses were included in the charge sheet. “From the beginning of the probe itself there were attempts to weaken the investigation. Some alleged that the murder was committed by extremist outfits and later attempted to put it on the shoulders of the Mumbai business fraternity so as to divert the probe. Later there were efforts to stop the trial proceedings. Nonetheless, the investigation being conducted by the police is in the right direction,” Thiruvanchoor said. “The era of creating fake accused, who have no connection with the case and thereby weaken the case, has come to an end in the state. This government should take action without considering politics and other issues,” he added.
The Home Minister made it clear that there would be no difference of opinion with the Union Minister Mullappally Ramachandran regarding the progress of investigations in the murder of Chandrashekaran.