‘VIP’ link ruled out in sensational Kiliroor case

Tuesday, December 13, 2011: IG R Sreelekha today gave statements before the CBI special Court in the sensational Kiliroor sex scandal case in which Shaari, a teenaged unwed mother had died at the Kottayam Medical College Hospital on 13th November 2004.
Sreelekha informed the Court that the Shaari’s statement recorded just before her death does not suggest any controversial ‘VIP link’ in the case. There is not even a single evidence or hint about the alleged VIP conspiracy in the charge sheet, she added.
Shaari was admitted to the intensive care unit of a private hospital at Thellakom in a critical condition on 2004 August 28. Shaari had given birth to a girl child at the Kottayam Medical College Hospital on August 15 and had developed post-natal complexities. She got discharged from the hospital but was soon readmitted to the private nursing home.
After spending more than two months at the nursing home, she was removed to the Kottayam Medical College Hospital on the advice of a medical team set up by the Government. During her extended stay at the hospitals, she had developed hepatitis and later her kidneys too failed to function.
According to the police, the girl was lured into sex trade by her aunt and accomplices, including Latha Nair, who were part of a sex racket. The girl was taken to various places, both inside and outside the State, with the offers of chances in television serials.
The case came to light when her father, Surendrakumar of Cheriakarakkada House, Kiliroor, made a complaint to the police on September 16.
The issue got complicated when a Namboodiri family at Kaviyur perished in what was reported to be a case of suicide. In the `suicide note’, they had stated that Latha Nair was responsible for their death and had referred to the Kiliroor sex scandal.
The Left Democratic Front (LDF), especially Achuthanandan who was then Leader of the Opposition, had made the girl’s death an election issue illustrative of the increasing sexual exploitation of women in Kerala.

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