Kerala home minister denies son’s role in Muthoot murder

August 28, 2009

Kerala Home Minister and Communist Party of India-Marxist politburo member Kodiyeri Balakrishnan Friday denied allegations that his son was involved in the murder of Muthoot business group scion Paul M. George.

“My son Bineesh is in no way connected to this case. My son is not involved in any real estate business. This is the handiwork of a group of people who spread canards. The purpose of this group is to purposefully create confusion and mislead those involved in the investigation,” Balakrishnan maintained.

George was travelling with two men, Om Prakash and P. Rajesh, both of whom who had criminal records, Friday night when he was murdered near Alappuzha. The duo are absconding while 14 other people have been arrested, including K. Satish, who police claim stabbed George.

Leaders of the youth wings of the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party have alleged that Bineesh has links with the two absconding men and they are being shielded by Balakrishnan.

Balakrishnan said the case has been handed over to Inspector General of Police Vinson M.Paul, and a team under Additional Director General of Police Siby Mathew will oversee a drive against criminal gangs in the state.

Police story falls apart

Police hides details from inquest report

Friday, August 28, 2009

The fabricated story woven by the police regarding the murder of Paul Muthoott George is finally cracking . The investigating officials has been so far claiming that the murder took place due to an immediate provocation caused by a road accident. But the testimony given by Shibu Joseph, driver of Paul has a different story to tell. The testimony says that Paul was murdered due to some previous rivalry. " Due to previous vengeance with my sir, some one assembled in group, with previous intention of killing, stabbed and killed him" - says the testimony.

Shibu has also stated to the police that two people who were along with Paul escaped from the spot in a Ford Endeavor car proceeding towards the direction of Thiruvananthapuram. But he hasn't revealed the identity of those two.Shibu has informed police that Om Prakash and Paul were good friends and the chances of the goonda leader murdering his boss is remote.

Meanwhile police has got credible information that Paul and Om Prakash had visited Alapuzha recently along with two women. They stayed for two days in a house boat. The police is yet to identify these women. The only clue is that they were from North India.

Mismatches are there in the inquest report prepared by the police regarding the recovered Endeavour car. Though Shukkoor, Chavara SI had informed the media that the driving license and credit card of Om Prakash, noted goon. This is not there in the inquest report. Similarly the recovery of a bag from the car, as disclosed by Vincent M Paul, DGP is also hidden from the report.

Meanwhile Chavara SI has submitted a report to Hemachandran, Thiruvananthapuram IG regarding the allegation that police had tried for the release of the recovered endeavor car. The IG had asked for a report, following allegations that CI had tried to hide up the incident. It is learnt that the CI has given a clean chit to his superior officer.