The Bharatiya
10:31 PM
Kerala Solar Scam: Former Kerala CM gives statement to police, says he was 'blackmailed'
Senior congress leader and former chief minister Oommen Chandy on Tuesday gave his statement before a special investigation team of the crime branch on his remark that he was blackmailed in the solar scam.
Police recorded Chandy's statement based on a complaint filed by BJP leader K Surendran seeking a probe into Chandy's remark in this regard.
The scam had rocked the previous Congress-led UDF government headed by Chandy after reports surfaced in 2013 that some of his staff were involved in alleged cheating of several persons of crores of rupees by Saritha S Nair and her accomplice Biju Radhakrishnan by offering solar panel solutions.
A judicial commission, which probed the matter, had submitted its report last year. It had indicted Chandy and some other UDF leaders in connection with the scam.
The CPI-M-led LDF government headed by chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, which accepted the report, had announced registering cases against Chandy and a dozen senior congress politicians, besides placing it in the assembly at a special one-day session.
Soon after the report was placed, Chandy at a press meet claimed that he had done no wrong, but remarked that he was subjected to 'blackmail' in the case.
BJP state general secretary K Surendran filed a complaint with the state police chief to probe the matter.
Police recorded Chandy's statement based on a complaint filed by BJP leader K Surendran seeking a probe into Chandy's remark in this regard.
The scam had rocked the previous Congress-led UDF government headed by Chandy after reports surfaced in 2013 that some of his staff were involved in alleged cheating of several persons of crores of rupees by Saritha S Nair and her accomplice Biju Radhakrishnan by offering solar panel solutions.
A judicial commission, which probed the matter, had submitted its report last year. It had indicted Chandy and some other UDF leaders in connection with the scam.
The CPI-M-led LDF government headed by chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, which accepted the report, had announced registering cases against Chandy and a dozen senior congress politicians, besides placing it in the assembly at a special one-day session.
Soon after the report was placed, Chandy at a press meet claimed that he had done no wrong, but remarked that he was subjected to 'blackmail' in the case.
BJP state general secretary K Surendran filed a complaint with the state police chief to probe the matter.
