CBI Gives Clean Chit to Oommen Chandy in Sexual Exploitation Case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has submitted a report to the Chief Judicial Magistrate court here giving a clean chit to former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on the allegation of sexual exploitation leveled by a woman, a prime accused in the sensational solar scam.

Sources said the CBI submitted the referral report to the court here on Tuesday.

Last year, the CBI had taken over the probe into cases against Chandy, former Union minister KC Venugopal and other politicians linked to allegations of sexual harassment by the accused woman.

The cases against six persons, including Chandy, were registered over the years and probed by the Crime Branch of the Kerala Police on the basis of a complaint by the woman, who was an accused in the multi-crore solar panel scam during the UDF government. That she was sexually assaulted by him in 2012.

The CPI(M)-led Kerala government had recommended a CBI inquiry into the cases by early 2021.

The opposition Congress had termed the move as “politically motivated”, saying that the LDF government had nothing against the party leaders and took the decision as elections were round the corner.

Sources said the CBI probe has found that the woman’s allegation against Chandy had no basis as there was no evidence to prove that she had visited the official residence of the then chief minister that day.

The sources further said that the CBI has also found that it was a fabricated case.

In a letter to the police commissioner dated July 19, 2013, the woman made allegations of sexual misconduct and corruption against several Congress and UDF leaders, including Chandy, some of his ministers and two former Union ministers.

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