Kerala Police on Friday submitted a cost sheet in reference to a Rs 3.50 crore freeway theft case in Thrissur district on April 3, three days earlier than the meeting elections, saying the looted money belonged to BJP’s election funds. It stated that the cash was introduced from Karnataka and was to be handed over to BJP’s Alappuzha district treasurer KG Kartha.
The chargesheet, which names 22 folks, really helpful a probe into the supply of the cash laundered by central companies such because the Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax Department.
It stated BJP leaders like social gathering’s state unit chief Okay Surendran and secretary (organisation) M Ganesan had been conscious of the motion of money.
The saffron social gathering has distanced itself from the matter previously and has stated that the police can’t hyperlink it with the social gathering.
According to the chargesheet submitted within the courtroom of first-class Justice of the Peace at Irinjalakuda, Thrissur, Kozhikode-based RSS employee AK Dharmarajan, who’s allegedly linked to the hawala deal, allegedly introduced money from Karnataka on the behest of Ganesan and the BJP. State Office Secretary G Girishan.
A Crime Branch supply probing the matter stated, “We have stated that the cash looted belongs to the BJP. We have instructed the courtroom that if any election offense is detected or extra (looted) cash is recovered later, then additional investigation will probably be carried out. We will submit a report back to the ED and the IT division in search of a probe into the supply of the funds…..In our investigation of the freeway theft, it’s not essential to enter the supply of the funds.
The 22 folks named within the chargesheet have been accused of both indulging in or indulging within the theft. He was charged underneath IPC sections 120B (prison conspiracy), 395 (dacoity) and 212 (granting to an offender). The police have to date questioned a complete of 19 BJP leaders together with Surendran and Ganesan. All of them are prosecution witnesses.
According to the chargesheet, the complainant Dharmarajan has shut hyperlinks with Surendran and Ganesan, who’re additionally senior RSS pracharaks in Kerala.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
