THRISSUR: Cooperation Minister C.N. Balakrishnan, who has been under a cloud in the wake of the murder of Congress ‘A’ leader Haneefa at Chavakkad, has denied any involvement in the incident.
“The guilty should be booked and punished,” he told reporters here on Thursday. The minister dismissed the allegations against him as baseless and declined to respond to the charge raised by Haneefa’s family members.
He said he was meeting the media as the minister for cooperation and was not interested in reacting to such issues.
Haneefa was killed allegedly by the rival ‘I’ faction due to the group rivalry in the district. It is alleged that those close to the minister were behind the murder.
The family members of Haneefa, including his mother, said that the murder was committed with the knowledge of Mr Balakrishnan, the leader of the ‘I’ group here.
