Snehal Upadhyay-
Published on: August 17,2021 15:50 IST
The CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) has officially taken over the sexual abuse cases which were filed against six prominent politicians, including former Chief Minister of Kerala Oommen Chandy by an entrepreneur woman.
The FIR (First Information Report) has been filed by the CBI officials before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court.
The woman was earlier was presented before the Court in a slew of cases amounting to cheating. At present, the woman has put up sexual harassment and rape charges on Chandy, AICC general secretary KC Venugopal, Congress legislator A P Anil Kumar, Congress MPs Hibi Eden and Adoor Prakash and BJP national vice-president A P Abdullakutty.
The case was firstly undertaken by the Crime Branch, thereafter before assembly polls on February 24 the state government handed over the responsibilities of the case to CBI.
Though the Crime Branch had submitted a report which concluded from their side that no evidence was found can be against Chandy in the aforementioned claims.
The United Democratic Front (UDF) claims that this transferring of the case has a politically motivated agenda.
The Thiruvananthapuram unit of the CBI had also moved an objection report to New Delhi recommending that the case should not be taken up owing to lack of evidence as well as concerns over the brevity of the complaint. However, the report was overlooked by the top bosses resulting in the registration of the FIRs.