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Court reserves verdict on Kerala sex abuse suits
November 26, 2004
Thiruvananthapuram - The Kerala High Court Thursday reserved its orders on
three public suits on the sex abuse scandal involving Industries Minister P.K.
Kunhalikutty.
Chief Justice B. Subhashan Reddy and judge Cyriac Joseph, constituting a
division bench, finished hearing the suits - two filed by individuals and one
by a women's group - demanding the minister's sacking and reinvestigation of
the sex abuse case.
The suits were filed after 22-year-old Regina alleged she had been sexually
abused by Kunhalikutty thrice eight years back.
Earlier in the day, former state Congress chief K. Muraleedharan demanded the
party executive be convened to discuss the issue, claiming it had affected the
United Democratic Front (UDF) government's image.
Meanwhile, UDF convenor P.P. Thankachen, another Congress leader, lashed out at
the opposition Left Democratic Front that is agitating demanding the minister's
removal.
He asked: "What they (LDF) forget is that this case was investigated while they
were in power and that they had given a clean chit to Kunhalikutty and now they
have declared war. Is this fair?"
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