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Court censures federal agency and petitioner
The mystery over the 1992 death of sister Abhaya of the St Pius Convent in Kottayam who was found dead in the well of the convent, is continuing to defy conclusion.
- By Akhel Mathew, Correspondent
- Published: 23:44 August 28, 2008
Thiruvananthapuram: The mystery over the 1992 death of sister Abhaya of the St Pius Convent in Kottayam who was found dead in the well of the convent, is continuing to defy conclusion.
Some 16 years after the investigation into the nun's death began, the saga continues to take surprising twists.
In the latest episode, federal investigating agency Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Jomon Puthenpurackal, who has been pursuing the case in public interest, have both fallen foul of the Kerala High Court.
The court has expressed its displeasure over the CBI presenting it with only one CD pertaining to the narco analysis tests carried out on some of the suspects whereas there had been three CDs carrying the visual documentation of the narco tests. The narco tests were carried out on two priests and a nun.
Making it more embarrassing for the CBI, the court even wondered whether the investigation should now be handed over to some other agency.
The CBI landed itself in trouble when it stated in the court that there had been only one CD, but the Forensic Science Laboratory, in its submission to the court, said three CDs had been handed over to the CBI. It now transpires that there could not have been the possibility of the contents of three CDs having been stored in one CD.
The court also directed to have an investigation into the affairs of Puthenpurackal, who has been constantly pursuing the Sister Abhaya case, taking on the mantle of a human rights activist.
But his image took a big dent this week when the court remarked that Puthenpurackal appeared to be publicity hungry, and ordered an inquiry into his affairs. A special police team will be carrying out the inquiry into his activitites. Jomon's image was also affected when a local daily published a story quoting his father Kuriakose, who stated that his son had no business to fight for human rights of other people when he had abandoned his own father in an orphanage. Kuriakose said he had been in different orphanages for the past 13 years.
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