Idukki Congress Chief Defends Nomination of Prime Accused in SFI Activist Murder Case
मुख्य बातें
- •Idukki Congress chief C.P. Mathew defends nomination of prime accused Nikhil Paily in SFI activist Dheeraj Rajendran's murder case.
- •Mathew announces that the Congress party will demand a fresh probe into the incident, amidst party divisions and calls for fresh probe.
- •The case has been a subject of controversy, with the Congress party maintaining that Paily is innocent.
- •Mathew's comments have been seen as a swipe at the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)], which has criticized Paily's nomination.
- •The case has highlighted the internal divisions within the Congress party, with several leaders opposing Mathew's decision to nominate Paily to the DCC.
The Idukki District Congress Committee (DCC) president, C.P. Mathew, has announced that the Congress party will demand a fresh probe into the murder of Students' Federation of India (SFI) activist Dheeraj Rajendran, who was stabbed to death on January 10, 2022, at the Government Engineering College in Painavu, Idukki. Mathew made this statement during a media briefing in Idukki, where he also defended his decision to nominate Nikhil Paily, the prime accused in the case, to the DCC. Mathew's announcement is seen as a push for a new investigation into the incident, a move that has been echoed by the party's State leadership on several occasions.
