All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary K.C. Venugopal described the death of the two minor sisters at Attappallam, which caused the sensational Walayar case, as incident that had startled the conscience of the world.
Inaugurating a day-long hunger strike staged by the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Mullappally Ramachandran at Kottamaidan here on Monday, Mr. Venugopal said that the government had hoodwinked the people by conducting a superficial investigation.
“People were in shock on hearing the verdict of the case,” he said.
Criminal negligence
Mr. Venugopal described the failure of the prosecution as a criminal negligence.
“The Child Welfare Committee, the Social Justice Department, and the police have to shoulder the responsibility for the culprits of the Walayar case going scot-free,” he said. Alleging a higher level conspiracy, Mr. Venugopal said that the Child Welfare Committee had become an agent of conspiracy.
He said an investigation should be conducted into the Child Welfare Committees in all districts.
KPCC president Mullappally Ramachandran said that his agitation was for justice for the victims of two minor girls who had been wiped out mercilessly. He said the agitation will continue until the culprits were brought to book.
District Congress President V.K. Sreekandan, MP, presided. KPCC general secretaries K.P. Anil Kumar and Sajeev Joseph, secretaries Jason Joseph, Abdul Muthalib, Ramya Haridas, MP, P.T. Thomas, MLA, Shafi Parambil, and MLA, V.T. Balram, MLA, were among those who spoke.
