Writ plea in HC seeks SIT probe

The nephew of deceased former Secretary of Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam, Kanichukulangara union, has sought a directive from the Kerala High Court to constitute a Special Investigation Team to conduct an impartial probe into the irregularities in the microfinance schemes of the SNDP.

In his petition, M.S.Anil, nephew of K.K. Mahesan said his uncle was the State coordinator of the SNDP Yogam's microfinance scheme.

He was also a close associate of SNDP Yogam General Secretary Vellappally Natesan. The letter he wrote to Mr. Natesan immediately before ending his life had revealed that he took the extreme step in view of the efforts being made to frame him in the crime. There were attempts to make K.K.Mahesan as an accused to help Natesan escape from the case.

Had a fair and impartial inquiry been conducted by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) into the case, Mahesan would not have taken his life, he said. The petitioner alleged that Mr. Vellapply Natesan, the first accused in the case, was wholly responsible for the irregularities in the microfinance schemes.

The petitioner pointed out that as Mr. Natesan was very influential as SNGP Yogam General secretary, the VACB would not be able to continue with a fair and impartial investigation into the microfinance scam.

Mahesan had confessed to the petitioner that he had been made a scapegoat in the case and he was absolutely innocent.

Therefore, only a special investigation team appointed to conduct a fair probe into the case would bring to light the truth behind the scam.