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Security guard murder to be probed with caution: Kerala CM
Thiruvananthapuram, March 11
The ongoing probe
into the murder of a security guard in Kerala will be carried out with
the utmost caution, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy assured the Kerala
assembly on Wednesday.
Chandy was responding to a demand for
leave for an adjournment motion moved by the Left opposition over the
murder of security guard Chandra Bose by millionaire businessman
Muhammed Nisham.
"This is one incident that has shocked humanity
here. In such cases we have to go forward with utmost caution to ensure
that the maximum punishment is handed out," said Chandy.
Nisham,
accused of ramming his vehicle into Bose and killing him, was taken
into custody on January 29, the day the incident occurred.
Bose
died on February 16 after which Nisham was booked under the Kerala
Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act (KAAPA) last week.
He will not be able to apply for bail for the next six months.
Nisham
is said to have first assaulted the security guard and later rammed his
luxury vehicle into him at a posh villa on January 29.
Babu M.
Pallissery, a CPI-M legislator who raised this issue in the assembly,
said Nisham's wife arrived at the scene of the crime with a gun but she
is yet to be arraigned as an accused.
"The dress which Bose had
worn when he was attacked has gone missing. Despite the victim being in
hospital for 18 days, no dying declaration has been recorded by the
police. This clearly shows that the accused is very powerful," alleged
Pallissery.
State Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala assured the
house that the government's aim was to secure the maximum punishment for
the accused.
"Please do not be misled by reports that appear in a
section of the media on this case. We are very particular that...there
should be no loopholes. Please do not be misled by...baseless reporting.
The police are doing a fine job," said Chennithala.
On the
allegations levelled by government chief whip P.C. George that state
director general of police K.S. Balasubramanian was trying to scuttle
the probe into this case, Chandy came down heavily on George.
"One
is free to have difference of opinion, but when one is part of the
government, the government's opinion is final and it has to be adhered
to. We have full confidence in the DGP and we back him to the hilt. This
case will be handled with utmost caution and our intentions are very
clear, that there will be no let down," said Chandy.