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Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s cleanable chit to erstwhile Kannur territory panchayat president P.P. Divya successful a ailment alleging benami transactions and corruption has drawn crisp disapproval from Kerala Students Union (KSU) State vice-president P. Muhammed Shammas who filed the archetypal complaint.
Replying to a question raised successful the Assembly by KPCC president and MLA Sunny Joseph, the Chief Minister said the Kannur Vigilance portion had investigated the ailment and recovered the allegations against Ms. Divya baseless. However, the government’s effect to the Kerala High Court connected the aforesaid contented appeared contradictory, Mr. Shammas pointed out.
In its affidavit, the authorities had stated that the Vigilance had sought support nether Section 17(A ) of the Prevention of Corruption Act to proceed further based connected its preliminary inquiry, but nary determination had yet been taken, helium said. The High Court, questioning the delay, had directed the authorities to determine connected granting prosecution authorisation wrong 2 months.
‘Bid to mislead’
Terming the Chief Minister’s connection successful the Assembly an effort to “sabotage” the Vigilance probe, Mr. Shammas accused the authorities of misleading some the Assembly and the court. He alleged that Ms. Divya, whom helium described arsenic the “Chief Minister’s confidante,” was being protected to forestall the vulnerability of “benami dealings of respective apical CPI(M) leaders.”
Mr. Shammas pointed retired that the Vigilance had sought support to proceed nether Section 17(A) connected July 8, aft helium approached the High Court. “If the ailment was baseless, wherefore did the Vigilance question support to proceed?” helium asked.
Addressing a property league successful Kannur connected Monday, Mr. Shammas alleged that a ”corruption mafia” involving elder CPI(M) leaders was being shielded. “The large sharks volition beryllium exposed soon,” helium said, adding that much grounds linking apical leaders to benami deals volition beryllium released successful the coming days.
