Kerala: Crime Branch calls KPCC President K Sudhakaran's driver on AKG Centre attack case
Jul 11, 2023
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 11 : Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President K Sudhakaran's driver has been called by Crime Branch on AKG Centre Attack Case.
Earlier Vipin was also notified to appear at the office but he failed to. He had to appear before Crime Branch DYSP Jaleel Thottathil at his office in Trivandrum.
A bomb was hurled at the AKG Centre in Thiruvananthapuram, on June 30, 2022, and the incident was caught on CCTV camera, where a bike-borne man was seen hurling a bomb at CPI (M) headquarters in the city.
In the aforesaid case, originally registered at Cantonment police station at Thiruvananthapuram and then handed over to the crime branch, accused Kulathoor was booked under the Explosive Substances Act for causing an explosion likely to endanger life or property and for making or possessing explosives under suspicious circumstances.
The petitioner (Kulathoor) in the Kerala HC had contended, "prosecution version is a concocted story created by police due to the instigation and influence of the ruling party. No consistent case has been presented in remand applications. In order to attract offences under the Explosive Substances Act, the explosive substance alleged to be used should be of a nature that would endanger life or cause serious injury to property. The investigation has progressed considerably and there is no need for continued detention."
According to the initial investigation, the man, who threw the bomb came from the Kunnukuzhy side of the road and fled the spot.
The then CPI(M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan had alleged the involvement of Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) in the attack stating that they were "trying to provoke".
While Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President, K Sudhakaran, had slammed the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government, saying that the AKG Centre attack was orchestrated to vandalise Congress offices in the state.
According to the Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan's statement, the attack had targeted the most important office of the state's largest political party with the intention to "provoke and disturb the peace" here.
