THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: BJP state president K Surendran will appear before the special investigating team, which is probing the Kodakara highway hawala heist case, on Wednesday. He made it clear during a news conference in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday.
He said he was not afraid of any kind of investigation and he was ready to appear before anyone, anywhere. However, if the investigation is going as planned by the CPM, then there will be strong reaction against such kind of investigation, he said.
He said he has informed the police team that he would appear before them at Thrissur Police Club at 10:30am on Wednesday. The investigation team had first issued a notice asking him to appear on June 6. However, he did not appear as the BJP state committee meeting was scheduled on that day. He was again served a notice on July 2 at his house in Kozhikode.
The case is that Dharmarajan, who had lodged a complaint regarding the robbery that took place on April 3, had reportedly contacted eight BJP leaders, including Surendran, from the crime scene.
The investigators, who checked Dharmarajan’s call list, said that he had also contacted Surendran’s son and BJP general secretary in-charge of the organisational affairs Ganesh. At least Rs 3.5 crore that was allegedly meant for BJP’s election campaign, was robbed in Kodakara. The probe team had arrested 21 accused in the hawala heist case and recovered Rs 1.25 crore till now.
