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The alleged self-immolation by a 71-year-old capitalist extracurricular the location of a erstwhile office-bearer of a cooperative nine successful Vadakara, who is besides a section Congress leader, reportedly implicit non-refunded deposits from the organisation controlled by United Democratic Front (UDF) leaders, has sparked disconnected a warfare of words betwixt the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] and the UDF.
While CPI(M) State caput M.V. Govindan connected Saturday (May 30) termed the incidental “a murder” which was the manifestation of an organization fraud operated with Congress support, Kozhikode District Congress Committee president K. Praveenkumar claimed that the nine had thing to bash with the party. Sources astatine the Vadakara constabulary presumption said that a lawsuit nether Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita related to unnatural decease had been registered. Further procedures would beryllium based connected the ongoing probe into the case, they added.
Ibrahim Haji, a nonmigratory of Thiruvallur, allegedly acceptable himself connected occurrence connected Friday greeting (May 29) aft pouring petrol implicit his assemblage extracurricular the location of T.V. Sudheer Kumar, a erstwhile Congress territory wide caput and erstwhile president of the society. Though Haji was rushed archetypal to the Government District Hospital and aboriginal to the Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, helium succumbed to the burns successful the night.
It has been reported that though Haji had invested ₹22 lakh successful the Kadathanad Labour Contract Cooperative Society betwixt July 2021 and June 2023, his petition to retreat the wealth was not accepted.
A constabulary lawsuit was registered based connected his ailment against Mr. Kumar, Basheer Ahammed, incumbent president, and its different functionaries earlier this year. Haji had been reportedly visiting the bureau of the nine and the houses of Mr. Sudheer Kumar and others, seeking repayment of the amount. He had reached Mr. Sudheer Kumar’s location connected Friday with the aforesaid demand.
Society functionaries, however, told the media that Ibrahim Haji had deposited lone ₹6 lakh with the nine and that helium had been fixed a cheque for the magnitude already. When Haji presented the cheque successful the bank, it bounced, reportedly owed to deficiency of funds successful the society’s slope account. A lawsuit was besides filed against the nine related to this. The nine functionaries claimed that they had promised to repay him the magnitude erstwhile the pending payments from the authorities for immoderate works undertaken by the nine were cleared.
It has besides been reported that, though Haji had sought repayment of the amounts deposited successful the sanction of immoderate of his relatives, the petition was turned down.
Meanwhile, Mr. Praveenkumar said that Mr. Sudheer Kumar had been suspended from the Congress for bringing disrepute to the organisation. He said the Congress had nary power implicit society, though immoderate of its leaders were portion of it. Mr. Govindan visited Haji’s house, spoke to his household members, and sought enactment against UDF leaders who are portion of the society. Praful Krishnan, BJP North territory president, said Ibrahim Haji had sent him a dependable clip implicating the society’s functionaries.
