Demanding a thorough investigation into the suspicious death of contractor Muthuparakkunnel Joseph, who was found dead on the terrace of K. Karunakaran Memorial Hospital, Cherupuzha, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) has decided to organise a public protest at various places in Kannur.
The LDF district committee in a release said the protest was to demand action against those responsible for Josephs’s death, thorough inquiry into financial irregularities, and to expose the Congress leadership, which is trying to protect the culprits. The protest will be organised on Septemeber 28 at Cherupuzha and on October 2 at Alakode, Taliparamba, Kannur, Thalassery, and Irrity, the release said.
The district committee alleged that the trust formed to run hospitals in the name of K. Karunakaran in Kannur and Kasaragod was aimed at carrying out financial irregularities.
A former KPCC member and other leaders swindled huge sums of public money collected after forming the trust, the committee alleged.
The family members of Mr. Joseph in their complaint have raised suspicion and have attributed delay in payment by trust members as the cause for his death, the committee said. The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee and the District Congress Committee are trying to compromise the case by giving money to the family members of the deceased, the release alleged.