Kasaragod: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president K. Surendran on Thursday appeared before the Kasargod district crime branch, after he was summoned for questioning in the Manjeswaram election bribery case. The Crime Branch has earlier issued a notice to Kerala BJP president K Surendran in connection with the Manjeshwaram bribery case. As per reports, Surendran has been accused of bribing a BSP candidate, K Sundara to withdraw his candidature in the Manjeshwaram seat during the recently held Kerala assembly elections.
The case was based on a complaint lodged by CPI (M) candidate VV Ramesh that his namesake BSP candidate K Sundara was bribed and threatened to withdraw his candidature from Manjeswaram in the Assembly polls in Kerala. In his statement to police, Sundara had alleged that he was promised Rs 15 lakh and wine parlour in Mangalore to withdraw his nomination. However, he said he has given Rs 2.5 lakh and a mobile phone, which was later seized by the probe team.
K Sundara, the BSP candidate from Manjeswaram in Kasaragod district of Kerala, had withdrawn his nomination and joined the BJP. Earlier in June, a Kerala court had granted permission to the Wayanad police to register an FIR against state BJP chief K Surendran on allegations that he bribed people to contest the recent Assembly elections. The Muslim Students Federation (MSF) leader PK Navas had filed a petition in the court seeking permission to register an FIR against K Surendran on the basis of alleged audio clips.
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