Case against Karunakaran: HC order to produce records

By Our Staff Reporter

KOCHI, NOV. 16. The Kerala High Court on Friday orally directed the Public Prosecutor to produce the records relating to the disproportionate assets case filed against the senior Congress leader, Mr. K. Karunakaran, MP, before the Thrissur Vigilance Court.

Mr. Justice K.A. Mohammed Shafi passed the oral directive when an appeal filed against the Thrissur Vigilance Court order accepting the final report filed by the Vigilance and dropping all further proceedings against Mr. Karunakaran, came up before the judge. The final report concluded that there was no evidence to show that Mr. Karunakaran had amassed wealth disproportionate to his known source of income by misusing his position as public servant in his capacity as former Chief Minister, former Minister, former Leader of the Opposition, Member of Parliament and former Union Minister. The Vigilance Court had also dropped further proceedings in the case on the basis of the final report.

In his appeal, Mr. Navab Rajendran pointed out that the Vigilance Court did not look into certain crucial aspects of the case. In fact, the Vigilance had not inquired into the allegations that he had spent around Rs. 47 lakhs for the treatment of his wife at a hospital in Washington. Besides, no investigation had been conducted into the source of income for clearing his telephone bill arrears to the tune of Rs. 20 lakhs. The allegation that he had invested a huge amount in a Kozhikode-based hospital under benami name had not been investigated.

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