Kerala court allows plea for probe in 2015 Assembly ruckus

Thiruvananthapuram: A Kerala court on Thursday allowed a police plea for further investigation in the 2015 Assembly ruckus case in which charges have already been framed against six prominent LDF leaders including State General Education Minister V Sivankutty.

A court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) granted the police 60 days to carry out the probe and directed it to provide progress reports every three weeks, public prosecutor K Balachandra Menon said.

The prosecutor said that the police had sought permission to carry out further probe on the ground that the initial investigation had not considered complaints of some of the then Left MLAs and also the injuries suffered by several watch-and-ward staff of the Assembly.

Another ground cited by the police in its plea was that statements of the then Speaker, various LDF and UDF MLAs were not recorded in connection with the incident.

Interestingly, the plea by the police for further probe comes after it already filed a charge sheet in the case and the court in September last year framed charges against Sivankutty, LDF convener E P Jayarajan, Left MLA K T Jaleel and former MLAs K Ajith, C K Sadasivan and K Kunhammed.

All the accused have denied the charges against them. (PTI)