KANNUR: Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala who visited the house of NRI businessman Parayil Sajan, who committed suicide allegedly after Anthoor municipality denied permission for his convention centre, demanded that a case should be registered against municipal chairperson P K Shyamala for instigating him to take the extreme step.
The opposition leader, who reached Sajan’s house in the morning, was accompanied by MLAs M K Muneer and K M Shaji, DCC president Satheesan Pacheni as the UDF leaders from the district.
Chennithala, who interacted with the family for half an hour, later called local self-government minister A C Moideen over phone from there and demanded that steps should be taken to give the final sanction to the convention centre at Bakkalam so that it could be operational at the earliest. The minister promised all steps to speed up the process.
The opposition leader said the suicide of the businessman was a matter of concern for the expatriate community and it was the second such tragedy after the LDF government came to power in the state.
Alleging that it was the factionalism in the CPM that led to Sajan’s suicide, he said there was an effort to protect the chairperson by making a few officials scapegoats. “It was the arrogance of the chairperson that caused the suicide. A case should be registered against her for driving the businessman to suicide, and she should be removed from the post,” he said.
“If this is the treatment meted out to a party supporter, what would be the condition of ordinary people?” he asked.
He also said the case should be probed by an official in the rank of IG and not a DSP as has been decided now. Alleging that the chairperson was the real culprit, he said it was of no use to suspend a few officials and that the opposition was united in its stand against protecting her.
Meanwhile, the special investigation team probing the case would take the statement of Shyamala and the suspended officials.
It was on June 18 that Sajan was found dead at his house in Kottali.
The opposition leader, who reached Sajan’s house in the morning, was accompanied by MLAs M K Muneer and K M Shaji, DCC president Satheesan Pacheni as the UDF leaders from the district.
Chennithala, who interacted with the family for half an hour, later called local self-government minister A C Moideen over phone from there and demanded that steps should be taken to give the final sanction to the convention centre at Bakkalam so that it could be operational at the earliest. The minister promised all steps to speed up the process.
The opposition leader said the suicide of the businessman was a matter of concern for the expatriate community and it was the second such tragedy after the LDF government came to power in the state.
Alleging that it was the factionalism in the CPM that led to Sajan’s suicide, he said there was an effort to protect the chairperson by making a few officials scapegoats. “It was the arrogance of the chairperson that caused the suicide. A case should be registered against her for driving the businessman to suicide, and she should be removed from the post,” he said.
“If this is the treatment meted out to a party supporter, what would be the condition of ordinary people?” he asked.
He also said the case should be probed by an official in the rank of IG and not a DSP as has been decided now. Alleging that the chairperson was the real culprit, he said it was of no use to suspend a few officials and that the opposition was united in its stand against protecting her.
Meanwhile, the special investigation team probing the case would take the statement of Shyamala and the suspended officials.
It was on June 18 that Sajan was found dead at his house in Kottali.
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