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In a large setback to Left legislator and erstwhile Kerala Transport Minister Antony Raju, the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Nedumangadu, connected Saturday (January 3, 2026) recovered the MLA blameworthy of forging and planting worldly grounds in a astir two-decades-old grounds tampering case. The tribunal is expected to pronounce the quantum of condemnation shortly.
The verdict comes 19 years aft the chargesheet was filed against him.
The lawsuit dates backmost to 1990 erstwhile Mr. Raju was a inferior lawyer appearing successful a narcotics lawsuit involving an Australian national, Andrew Salvatore.
Mr. Raju was accused of tampering with the Australian’s underwear, which was seized arsenic worldly grounds successful the drugs case.
The accused were Mr. Raju and Jose, a tribunal clerk.
The tribunal has present recovered them some blameworthy of the charges levelled against them.
Mr. Raju presently a person of the Janathipathya Kerala Congress, a ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) ally.
