Clashes amongst native occasion staff to allegations inside, Kerala freeway theft leaves BJP red-faced

Investigation into the freeway theft of an estimated Rs 3.5 crore three days earlier than the Assembly elections in Kerala is including to the BJP’s state unit embarrassment.
While BJP leaders have been questioned in reference to the case, discontent brewing within the occasion has spilled over onto the streets, with occasion staff clashing in Thrissur on Sunday over the alleged involvement of occasion leaders within the incident.
On Monday, OBC Morcha state vice-president Rishi Pulpu was sacked from the occasion after he demanded, in a social media put up, that BJP’s Thrissur district committee be dissolved.
On Tuesday, police registered a case in opposition to BJP Thrissur district normal secretary Ok R Hari on prices of threatening Rishi, who has alleged that the occasion’s district unit has tried to guard the accused within the theft case.
Police sources stated BJP Thrissur district president Ok Ok Aneesh Kumar will probably be questioned on Wednesday in reference to the case.
“Kozhikode-based RSS worker ( A K Dharmarajan), whose money seemed to have been robbed by a hired gang, had told police that the money belonged to the BJP,” a supply within the police stated.
“Other BJP leaders have denied it. We are trying to verify the veracity of Dharmarajan’s statement by questioning other BJP leaders.”
More leaders could be questioned to determine the supply and vacation spot of the quantity robbed, the supply stated.
The quantity recovered from the premises of the arrested gang has additionally risen within the intervening interval.
“Dharmarajan had claimed that he misplaced solely Rs 25 lakh. But we now have thus far recovered Rs 1.26 crore. One group is engaged in recovering the remainder of the quantity,’’ sources stated.
On April 3, three days earlier than the elections, a automobile was allegedly robbed on a nationwide freeway stretch between Thrissur and Kochi.
On April 7, a day after the polls, the driving force of the automobile complained to the police that
Rs 25 lakh was robbed, which, he instructed police, belonged to Dharmarajan.
The CPI(M) had alleged that the theft was a BJP ploy to lift cash for its election funds, which the saffron occasion had denied.
As the probe progressed, a number of leaders, together with BJP state secretary (organisation) M Ganeshan, had been questioned.