KALPETTA: A special team headed by Sultan Bathery DySP has been formed to investigate the death of Wayanad District Congress Committee (DCC) Treasurer N M Vijayan and his son.
The team will consist of seven officers. In addition, Kannur Range DIG Rajpal Meena has directed a detailed investigation into the death, examining all the circumstances related to the money transaction and the suicide and to question those involved based on the evidence.
The special team has been formed in the wake of allegations that the suicide of Vijayan and his son is linked to the Sultan Bathery Urban Co-operative Bank recruitment scam.
Vijayan, 78, and his son Jijesh, 38, were found poisoned inside their house in Manichira last Tuesday. It has been confirmed that Vijayan consumed the poison after poisoning his mentally challenged son. Later, both were admitted to the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital and died on Friday while undergoing treatment. The reason for the suicide is still uncertain. Vijayan is survived by his second son, who is a bank employee and widower.
Meanwhile, a written complaint by Vijayan to the KPCC leader K Sudhakaran in 2021 has come to light. The letter states that money was received from the candidates for the Sultan Bathery Urban Co-operative Bank recruitment and Rs 10 lakh was handed over to MLA I C Balakrishnan. It says that the money received by the Congress leaders was not returned.
CPM Wayanad district secretary K Rafeeq and the Sultan Bathery Area Committee office-bearers had alleged that Congress party high-ups made Vijayan a scapegoat in the Sultan Bathery Urban Bank bribery incident.
“Police should charge abetment of suicide against MLA I C Balakrishnan,” said K Rafeeq on Sunday.
The CPM Bathery Area Committee will take out a protest march to the MLA office on Monday, demanding that the role of Balakrishnan be investigated in the bank bribery scandal as well as in the deaths of Wayanad DCC treasurer and his son. However, Balakrishnan has denied all the charges against him and said that let the police probe the case and truth will be revealed.
MLA in trouble
A written complaint by Vijayan to K Sudhakaran in 2021 has surfaced
It states that money was received from the candidates for the Sultan Bathery Urban Co-operative Bank recruitment and I10 lakh was handed over to MLA I C Balakrishnan
It says that the money received by party leaders was not returned