KOCHI: A petition has been filed in the Kerala High Court seeking CBI probe into seven murder cases in which eight BJP activists lost their lives after the CPM-led LDF Government came to power in the state.
The petition filed by R K Premdas, secretary of Gopalan Adiyodi Vakkeel Smaraka Trust, stated of the seven cases, four were registered in Kannur district. One case each was registered in Palakkad, Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram districts. The court will consider the plea on Tuesday.
According to the plea, CPM workers have been arraigned as accused in these cases. In some cases, the accused persons are party activists from the constituency of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who holds the Home portfolio.The petitioner said the facts and circumstances of the seven cases reveal high-level political conspiracy was hatched to execute the murders and there were efforts to save the real culprits.
However, the state police have not properly investigated the conspiracy angle in any of these cases. There were deliberate attempts to derail the investigation at the instance of the ruling party with the intention to save the culprits from the clutches of law. The chain of political murders is adversely affecting the peace and prosperity of the state and the murders continue unabated mainly for the reason in most of the cases activists of the ruling party are involved. The process of law is being intentionally sabotaged. There was a history of most criminal cases registered against CPM activists ending in acquittal solely for the reason of improper investigation, the petition stated. Hence, the petitioner sought CBI probe into the cases. The petitioner also sought a directive to constitute a high-power authority to examine the probe in all politically-motivated murder cases pending investigation in various police stations in the state.
Seventh accused
Kochi: The Special Investigation Team probing the murder of real estate broker in Chalakkudy submitted before the High Court advocate C P Udayabhanu is the seventh accused.