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Former Minister and Congress person V.S. Sivakumar has said that information has yet prevailed aft the Vigilance probe into a disproportionate assets lawsuit gave him a cleanable chit.
Among the allegations was that helium had acquired a backstage infirmary successful Thiruvananthapuram, named S.K. Hospital, successful a benami name
He stated that the latest Vigilance study is simply a wide rejoinder to what helium alleged was the years of politically motivated attempts by the Left authorities to people him.
The study submitted by the Vigilance to the authorities connected Monday had fixed Mr. Sivakumar a cleanable chit, saying that helium had not amassed immoderate disproportionate assets. His income and his wife’s properties unsocial comprise his assets, the study said.
Mr. Sivakumar said that the lawsuit was initiated connected the ground of an anonymous petition filed nether a mendacious sanction with the sole volition of tarnishing his governmental vocation and nationalist representation arsenic people’s servant. He alleged that adjacent his household was dragged into unnecessary controversies arsenic portion of this effort to ‘fix” him.
He alleged that aggregate attempts were made to politically persecute him, the latest being a connection made by the Health Minister Veena George connected the level of the Assembly.
During an adjournment question discussion, Ms. George had stated that Mr. Sivakumar had expanded the section aft purchasing a backstage hospital, an allegation which was wholly irresponsible and which was intelligibly aimed astatine deflecting attraction from her ain shortcomings, Mr. Sivakumar said.
He demanded that the Minister retreat her remarks and contented an apology.
Mr. Sivakumar pointed retired that the disproportionate assets lawsuit against him was initiated by the LDF authorities successful 2016. A preliminary enquiry completed successful 2018 had not recovered immoderate benami transactions oregon grounds of illicit accumulation of wealth. Even so, an FIR was registered against him successful 2020, which helium said was perfectly timed, conscionable up of the 2021 Assembly elections.
He said that according to the Vigilance manual, an FIR tin beryllium registered lone if immoderate worldly grounds is recovered successful the preliminary enquiry. The enquiry successful this lawsuit had nary proposal that an FIR beryllium filed. Thus the filing of the FIR against him was successful usurpation of each established procedures, Mr. Sivakumar said.
He alleged that determination was a wide effort to prolong the lawsuit till 2026 Assembly elections, which was wherefore helium had filed a lawsuit successful the Kerala High Court, demanding an aboriginal disposal of the case.
Even aft the lawsuit was filed earlier the High Court, the authorities tried its champion to prolong the lawsuit for implicit one-and-a-half years citing assorted reasons.
The Vigilance submitted the study connected Monday pursuing the High Court’s last directive to implicit the probe and to record the report.
Mr. Sivakumar said that helium had approached the High Court due to the fact that helium was afloat assured that information volition ever prevail.
Mr. Sivakumar alleged that the concerted effort was to stamp him arsenic a corrupt person and frankincense mentally harass him and his family.
Mr. Sivakumar said that helium has filed a defamation suit successful the Thiruvananthapuram Sub Court seeking ₹50 lakh successful damages against those who had deliberately launched mendacious propaganda against him done societal media. He said that helium has initiated transgression proceedings successful the Magistrate Court arsenic well.
