A remark of Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a public speech in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday that the Kerala government did not conduct a fair investigation into a suspicious death related to gold smuggling case has raised many eyebrows.
No such recent incidents came to light in Kerala so far. Even as there were certain allegations related to the road accident death of fusion musician Balabhaskar in 2018 as a couple of his close associates were later found to be involved in gold smuggling, the CBI had recently ruled out any foul play in the accident.
BJP state president K Surendran said on Monday that Amit Shah himself would clarify it during his upcoming election campaigns in Kerala.
It was while raising a series of questions against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan related to the gold smuggling case that Shah asked why a fair probe was not carried out into the death of a person associated with the row in mysterious circumstances.
Sources in the CPM said that the Chief Minister would be giving a befitting reply to all questions raised by Shah shortly.
Published 08 March 2021, 14:31 IST