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Hindu Aikyavedi wants CBI inquiry

By Our Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM MAY 9. The Hindu Aikyavedi has demanded a CBI inquiry into the Marad incidents after keeping the Industries Minister, P. K. Kunhalikutty, and the Kozhikode District Collector, T. O. Sooraj, out of office.

Addressing a press conference here today, the convener of the Hindu Aikyavedi, J. Sisupalan, alleged that the continuance of Mr. Kunhalikutty as a Minister could affect the outcome of the Crime Branch inquiry because of his clout in the Home Ministry. He appealed to the Government to keep the District Collector and the Kozhikode Development Authority chairman, Moyin Haji, out of office as this could also affect the outcome of the inquiry.

Mr. Sisupalan said a large number of Hindus had left their homes fearing violence. In the 120-km coastal stretch in Malappuram and Kozhikode districts, about 300 Hindu families had already left their homes over the past few years. Once the families residing in Marad are forced to leave the area, the coastal stretch could be used for terrorist activities by communal forces, he said.

Mr. Sisupalan said that though training for use of weapons was being carried out in 129 sensitive areas in the State, no action had been taken by the Government to check it.

Mr. Sisupalan said that the VHP would launch a massive campaign against the UDF Government if it did not take effective steps to check the increasing communal clashes in the State. The future course of action would be decided by the chairman of the Hindu Aikyavedi, Swami Sathyananda Saraswathi, after the meeting of the Aikyavedi leaders.

The Hindu Aikyavedi leaders, N. Paramasivan Nair, V. K.Viswanathan and Kalady Manikantan, also attended the press conference.

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