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The leader claimed that no one uses the surname Pillai in his home district of Kannur. (Image/ANI)
Govindan also said that he did not know anyone named Vijesh Pillai, whom Suresh had accused as a middleman, who had approached him to hand over evidence against the chief minister’s family.
Kerala CPI(M) state secretary MV Govindan on Friday rejected the allegations leveled by the prime accused in the gold smuggling case that an alleged middleman had fabricated the allegations against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his family after accepting huge sums of money. Talked to him about taking it back.
The leader said he was not taking the allegations at face value and legal action would be initiated against Swapna Suresh, the main accused in the gold smuggling case, over her latest allegations made through a Facebook Live session on Thursday evening.
The leader claimed that no one uses the surname “Pillai” in his home district of Kannur.
“When you prepare a script, the story should be well woven. What’s the point of making a script that falls apart in the first minute? I will confront him legally in every possible way. Nobody is afraid of these people,” Govindan told reporters here.
He also said that neither the government nor the chief minister and his family needed any certificate from such persons.
The CPI(M) state secretary’s reaction came a day after Suresh made explosive allegations via FB Live that a man named Vijesh Pillai, a Kannur native, had approached him and asked him to withdraw the earlier allegations against him. 30 crores offered. Chief Minister and his family.
She also claimed that she was told by Pillai that Govindan would end her life if she did not agree to withdraw her allegations and leave Bangalore.
Opposition Congress and BJP had criticized the CPI(M) over the allegations and sought Govindan’s reaction on the matter.
KPCC chief K Sudhakaran had even asked whether the secretary of the Marxist party would file a case against Suresh for the allegations.
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