Even as a Division Bench of the High Court on Tuesday asked the State government to file an affidavit explaining its stand with respect to a plea for a CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) inquiry into the political murders in the State, the court orally wondered why most of the political killings were taking place only in Kannur district.
When the petition came up for hearing, the Advocate General (AG) pointed out that there were fewer political murders in Kannur district, when compared to other districts.
He added that even murders owing to family disputes had been described as political murders. In fact, the government had taken all effective measures to put an end to such political murders.
‘Effective probe’
The Advocate General further submitted that that there was no need to hand over the probe into these murders to the CBI as they were being investigated effectively by the police.
Of the seven cases cited by the petitioner, chargesheets had been filed in four. Besides, no allegation about the probe had been raised by relatives of the victims concerned.
The court directed the State government to file the affidavit by October 25 and posted the case to October 30 for further hearing.
Petitioner R.K. Premdas, secretary, Gopalan Adiyodi Vakkeel Smaraka Trust, sought a CBI probe into the murders of eight Bharatiya Janata Party activists.
He pointed out that these BJP workers were killed after the LDF government led by the CPI(M) came to power in the State.
The petitioner said that while four murder cases were registered in Kannur district, one case each was lodged in Palakkad, Kollam, and Thiruvananthapuram. In all these cases, CPI(M) workers were listed as accused.
The facts and circumstances of the seven cases would disclose that a high-level political conspiracy was hatched to execute the murders.
The police were trying to save the real culprits. Besides, deliberate attempts were being made to derail the investigation at the instance of the ruling party with the intention to save the culprits, he alleged.
