Though there are statements by victims against P K Kunhalikutty in the case diary of ice cream parlour sabotage case, the final report submitted by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) before the Kozhikode Judicial First Class Magistrate Court I in June 2012 maintained that ‘no definite conclusive and cogent conclusion could be arrived at’ to prove whether Kunhalikutty was liable for any legally punishable offence so as to screen him in the case as the ‘statements of witnesses were inconsistent and unreliable’.
But significantly, the SIT report has also pointed out that the witnesses in the case (cr. No: 282/1997 of Nadakkavu Police Station) were bribed on various occasions.
However, the investigators said in the report that, apart from solitary deposition of K A Rauf, it could not gather ‘admissible and relevant evidence’ to substantiate that the money was given to witnesses on behalf of Kunhalikutty ‘despite earnest efforts’. The police probed into the allegations against Kunhalikutty by his estranged relative K A Rauf in the ice cream parlour sex scandal.
“The investigation establishes that money was given by Rauf and Chelari Sherief to witnesses Rajeena, Rejula, Kunhubaby, K Bindu and Roslin. These witnesses also admitted that they accepted money at various points of time from Rauf and Sherief. However, the witnesses gave varying and inconsistent versions regarding the purpose for which they received money.
Though Rauf furnished some details regarding the persons who gave him money on behalf of Kunhalikutty, the same could not be substantiated.
Moreover, Rauf could not provide the date and persons in whose presence such financial transactions were made,” the final report said.
While the probe revealed that the witnesses Rajeena, Rejula, Roslin and Bindu were tutored by an advocate in a house at Chalappuram to deal with the questions by the prosecutors during the trial and the answers to be given, the report maintained that the ‘physical presence of P K Kunhalikutty in the house at Chalappuram could not be established.’