SIT asks Kerala BJP president K Surendran to appear for questioning in heist case

THRISSUR: The Kodakara highway heist case has taken a new turn with the special investigating team (SIT) issuing a notice to BJP state president K Surendran to appear before it on Tuesday for questioning.
According to SIT sources in Thrissur, Surendran has been asked to appear at Thrissur Police Club at 10am. Police officials had directly served the notice to Surendran at his residence in Kozhikode.
BJP leaders, however, indicated that Surendran was unlikely to appear before the SIT on Tuesday. The BJP state-level office-bearers’ meeting is scheduled in Kasaragod on the day and Surendran was unlikely to skip it, they said.
The SIT officials, led by Thrissur range DIG A Akbar, had questioned Surendran’s secretary Dipin and his driver Ledheesh on June 5. The team had also questioned several BJP leaders, including state organising secretary M Ganesh, state office secretary Girish, Alappuzha district treasurer K G Kartha, Thrissur district president K K Aneeshkumar and central region secretary L Padmakumar, in connection with the case.
The heist had taken place on April 3, and the money involved was being transported in a car allegedly for the BJP's election work. The goons who executed the action had followed the car in two other vehicles, and intercepted it by creating an artificial accident near Kodakara.
According to Thrissur rural SP G Poonguzhali who initially investigated the case, Dharmarajan who allegedly sent the money in the car had told police that he was an RSS activist. Dharmarajan had also reportedly told police that Sunil Naik, former state treasurer of Yuva Morcha, had given some portion of the money to him.