<p>Wayanad, Kerala: Congress MLA I C Balakrishnan was arrested on Saturday in connection with the alleged abetment of suicide of the party’s Wayanad district office-bearer N M Vijayan.</p>.<p>He was later released on bail.</p>.<p>According to police, Balakrishnan's arrest was recorded after two days of questioning, but he was released as the court had granted him anticipatory bail.</p>.<p>With this, the interrogation and arrests of all the accused in the case have been completed.</p>.Unrest brews in Congress' Kerala unit over leadership change talks.<p>Earlier, Wayanad District Congress Committee (DCC) president N D Appachan and former DCC treasurer K K Gopinath were arrested in connection with the case and later released on anticipatory bail.</p>.<p>The Principal Sessions Court in Kalpetta had granted anticipatory bail to Balakrishnan with a condition that he should turn up for interrogation for three days from January 23.</p>.<p>The police on January 9 booked Balakrishnan and three others on charges of abetment to suicide under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in connection with the deaths of Vijayan and his son.</p>.<p>Seventy-eight-year-old Vijayan, the Wayanad DCC treasurer, and his son Jijesh, 38, died at Kozhikode Government Medical College Hospital on December 27, 2024, after attempting suicide.</p>.<p>The incident has triggered a political controversy, with the ruling CPI(M) alleging that a cooperative bank job scam involving Balakrishnan pushed the duo to take such drastic action.</p>.<p>Allegations have surfaced that Vijayan, in his capacity as a party office-bearer, accepted money from individuals seeking jobs at a Congress-controlled cooperative bank, reportedly under the direction of Balakrishnan.</p>
<p>Wayanad, Kerala: Congress MLA I C Balakrishnan was arrested on Saturday in connection with the alleged abetment of suicide of the party’s Wayanad district office-bearer N M Vijayan.</p>.<p>He was later released on bail.</p>.<p>According to police, Balakrishnan's arrest was recorded after two days of questioning, but he was released as the court had granted him anticipatory bail.</p>.<p>With this, the interrogation and arrests of all the accused in the case have been completed.</p>.Unrest brews in Congress' Kerala unit over leadership change talks.<p>Earlier, Wayanad District Congress Committee (DCC) president N D Appachan and former DCC treasurer K K Gopinath were arrested in connection with the case and later released on anticipatory bail.</p>.<p>The Principal Sessions Court in Kalpetta had granted anticipatory bail to Balakrishnan with a condition that he should turn up for interrogation for three days from January 23.</p>.<p>The police on January 9 booked Balakrishnan and three others on charges of abetment to suicide under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in connection with the deaths of Vijayan and his son.</p>.<p>Seventy-eight-year-old Vijayan, the Wayanad DCC treasurer, and his son Jijesh, 38, died at Kozhikode Government Medical College Hospital on December 27, 2024, after attempting suicide.</p>.<p>The incident has triggered a political controversy, with the ruling CPI(M) alleging that a cooperative bank job scam involving Balakrishnan pushed the duo to take such drastic action.</p>.<p>Allegations have surfaced that Vijayan, in his capacity as a party office-bearer, accepted money from individuals seeking jobs at a Congress-controlled cooperative bank, reportedly under the direction of Balakrishnan.</p>