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Publication: The Pioneer
Date: May 5, 2003
Could The main reason behind the
Marad communal killings be the undue haste shown by the Kerala Government
in dropping cases against the men from the dreaded Islamic fundamentalist
oufit NDF, at the instance of the Minister for Industries Kunhalikutty?
The failure of the Intelligence
agencies can very well be understood as there are reports of the warning
by Tamil Nadu intelligence agencies about possible violence in Northern
Kerala and they had even pointed out the possible areas. However, even
after these warnings, the CM was not able to take any decision on this.
The burning of a Tamil Nadu State transport bus at Kozhikode bus stand
recently and the subsequent arrest of the culprits had clearly proved that
fundamentalist elements were active in these areas.
However, whenever Chief Minister
Antony was questioned on the matter, he either shied away or went on the
defence as if it was a personal question. The Central intelligence agencies
had also given prior warnings to Kerala Government about the possibilities
of violence in the coming months and this was also not treated seriously
by Antony.
