By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Welcoming the Supreme Court course to carry a CBI investigation into the position of cops within the 1994 espionage case in opposition to him, former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientist Nambi Narayanan mentioned the CBI should expose the conspirators behind the case.
“I’ll get justice solely when motion is taken based mostly on the findings within the investigation. I had sought a CBI investigation earlier. There is not any level if the conspirators within the case should not uncovered. Many persons are concerned within the case and the position of IB officers must also be investigated,” he mentioned.
“The espionage case and the conspiracy had in truth delayed the cryogenic challenge of the ISRO. The challenge which might have been launched in 1999 was delayed and launched round 15 years later. This ought to have been prevented,” he added.
The apex court docket ordered a CBI probe into the involvement of cops within the conspiracy in opposition to Nambi Narayanan, whereas contemplating the Justice D Ok Jain report. The committee headed by D Ok Jain was shaped to determine whether or not motion must be taken in opposition to erring officers. It has submitted a report back to the court docket.
As per the preliminary stories, the report can be forwarded to the CBI, however wouldn’t be launched to the general public. Speaking to the media, Sibi Mathews, a former cop who was accused of implicating Nambi Narayanan, mentioned the Jain committee had submitted the report with out recording their statements. He hoped the central company wouldn’t do the identical.
The ISRO spy case erupted in 1994 when Narayanan was arrested on costs of espionage together with one other senior official of ISRO, two Maldivian girls and a businessman. The CBI acquitted him in 1995 and since then he has been combating a authorized battle in opposition to the then prime police officers together with retired DGP Siby Mathews, S Vijayan and Ok Ok Joshua, who probed the case and implicated Narayanan.
The case had created a political storm in Kerala when the group warfare in Congress was at its peak. Later, the then Chief Minister Ok Karunakaran needed to stop workplace in 1995 after stories that he was defending his shut aide and senior police officer Raman Srivastava, who later grew to become the state police chief and police advisor to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
