V Sanal Kumar, brother of deceased V Saseendran, said that his brother was murdered. Saseendran, the former company secretary of Malabar Cements Limited, was murdered, as he refused to not co-operate with corruption practices in the company, Sanal Kumar alleged. His statement comes in the wake of the arrest of businessman V M Radhakrishnan by CBI officials.
Sanal Kumar said that the postmortem examination revealed that there were 17 injuries on Saseendran’s body. The land phone in the house was also found disconnected. He said that the dummy test conducted by CBI officials found that Saseendran, who weighed just 46 kilograms, would not be able to lift his two children, 10-year-old Vyas and 8-year-old Vivek, and hang them. He added that he had received an anonymous letter on the motivation of the killer. It was handed over to the CBI, he said.
Trade unions welcome arrest
In a joint statement, the trade unions of Malabar Cements Limited, welcomed the arrest of businessman V M Radhakrishnan as the first accused by the CBI, in connection with the death of the former company secretary V Saseendran and his two sons. The general secretaries of the MCL Employees Union (CITU) K Nagaraj, Muslim League Employees Organisation (STU) P Mohammed Ali, Malabar Cements Employees Association (INTUC) Jaffer Ali, and MCL workers Union (AITUC) P Venugopal stated that all persons responsible for the death of Saseendran should be arrested.
The Malabar Cements Limited (MCL) Action Council has also welcomed the arrest of the controversial businessman V M Radhakrishnan in connection with the death of the former company secretary Saseendran and his two sons. Chairman of the Council P S Panicker and general convener M Balamurali said that more truths will be revealed regarding the corruption at
An accused in vigilance cases
Radhakrishnan is also an accused in three vigilance cases. The cases are related to deals with MCL, which allegedly caused losses to the public sector undertaking. Vigilance authorities have submitted chargesheets in the Vigilance Court, Thrissur.
The investigation into the fourth case, related to the purchase of plastic sacks from a Mumbai-based firm by MCL is in the final stages. However, this is the first time he is being arrested.