Vigilance case against K Sudhakaran dismissed

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Thiruvananthapuram Vigilance Court dismissed the case registered against K Sudhakaran MP for his controversial speech in which he alleged that he was witness to a Supreme Court judge being bribed. The court approved the vigilance report seeking closure of the case.

Sudhakaran had made the controversial speech at a meeting in Kottarakkara on February 12, 2011. He alleged that he was witness to an apex court judge being bribed by certain persons on behalf of some bar owners from the state for getting a favourable order in a bar license case several years back. He made the statement at a meeting organised by supporters of Kerala Congress (B) leader R Balakrishna Pillai, shortly after he was sentenced to one year imprisonment in a corruption case by the Supreme Court.

The case was registered suo motu by the vigilance on charge of concealing from authorities an alleged act of corruption despite being aware of it.