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Probe demand - India Today
Posted By Krishnakant Udavant (kkant@bom2.vsnl.net.in)
May 18, 1998
Title: Probe demand
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Publication: India Today
Date: May 18, 1998
When the Kerala Police busted the VIP-linked sex racket in
Kozhikode eight months ago, it was widely believed that those
involved in the case would be put behind bars. But with the
investigation proceeding slowly, the state Women's Commission has
decided to request the CPI(M)-led LDF Government to hand over the
case to the CBI.
All the 12 chargesheeted in the case, including two former mayors
of Kozhikode, are out on bail. A 37-year-old woman, who
allegedly ran the sex racket, was arrested a few months ago.
Anveshi, the women's group which had exposed the scandal, alleges
that many more VIPs, including a former Muslim League minister,
have been let off despite a victim naming them in her complaint.
Such is the pressure from parties against a thorough
investigation that three of the commission's members aligned with
the Congress-led UDF opposed the handing over of the case to the
CBI. Three LDF members supported the move along with its
chairperson, noted activist B. Sugathakumari. Subsequently,
however, one of them told the panel that she was under pressure
>from LDF ministers not to support the move. With almost all major
parties displaying near unanimity that the CBI not be called in,
it is likely that the truth will never be out.
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