Kannur CPI(M) leader PP Divya's anticipatory bail plea rejected

Kannur (Kerala):   The Additional District Magistrate, Kannur rejected on Tuesday the anticipatory bail plea of former CPI(M) leader PP Divya who recently resigned from the post of President, District Panchayat.  Divya accused of abetting the suicide of former Kannur Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Naveen Babu.

Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thalassery, K T Nissar Ahammed, issued the order rejecting the plea filed by Divya, who is the former president of the Kannur district panchayat.

Arguments for and against the grant of bail has been conducted in the court over a few days last week,  and the case was reserved for order on Tuesday.

Attending his send-off function allegedly uninvited on 14 October, Divya had obliquely criticised Babu for delaying the approval of a petrol pump in Chengalai for several months and remarked that he granted approval only two days after being transferred, hinting that she knew the reasons behind the sudden approval.  She also added that the reason would be known after two days,  and she left the scene immediately saying that she wouldn't stay back for presentation of the memento which added to the alleged insult to the officer.

The following day, Babu was found dead at his quarters in Kannur.

(Based on PTI input)