Attempts are also being made to cancel the bail of his minor son who was driving the vehicle, Kerala home minister Ramesh Chennithala said today. The Kerala police will approach a higher court and try to cancel the anticipatory bail given to the judge in the Mercedes Benz hit and ruin case.
In an exclusive interview with NDTV’s Shiv Aroor, Chennithala said: “As far as I am concerned, the government is concerned, we are totally with the (victim’s) family, and we will fight to the last”.
“The judiciary is not in my hands. I cannot interfere in their activities. But the prosecution itself also is very seriously taken up this issue in the court, and we will fight for the justice to the family,” Ramesh Chennithala said.
“The judiciary is not in my hands. I cannot interfere in their activities. But the prosecution itself also is very seriously taken up this issue in the court, and we will fight for the justice to the family,” he added. “Why is his arrest required? He is a judicial officer. The police are very serious, and we have taken all precautions, and we will try to give them justice”.
Because he is in a position of power, the victim’s family has alleged that the judge and his son were being given preferential treatment.
Read: “Judge Spent Hours At Crime Scene,” Claims Kochi Mercedes Crash Victim’s Daughter Chennithala also slammed the judge and the state police who initially handled the case, saying the behavior of the judge “cannot be justified at any cost”. As for the police, he said: “As a Home Minister of Kerala, when I heard about this incident, I inquired about the FIR, and the way they acted upon, that is why I criticise the police who are in charge of this at the police station in Ernakulam”. He will co-operate with the investigation,” the court had further said. Slamming the shameful behaviour of the judge, he said, “I assure the family through the NDTV, definitely we are going to take up this case in the higher court…
