Thiruvananthapuram: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan rejected the Opposition demand for removing Director- General of Prosecution (DGP) Manjeri Sreedharan Nair from the post, against whom the Kozhikode magistrate court has registered a complaint of financial fraud. Mr Vijayan, while replying to a submission by Opposition Leader Ramesh Chennithala in the Assembly on Thursday, said that Mr Nair was appointed as he was one of the leading criminal lawyers in the state.
The present case was based on a private complaint, as Mr Nair was one of the directors of the Nilambur Institute of Medical Sciences. Mr Nair had signed along with the chairman of the institution for taking Rs 5- crore loan from a bank based on a decision taken by the board of directors, Mr Vijayan said. Mr Chennithala demanded to know how the government could appoint a person, against whom a case had been registered for financial irregularities, as the state DGP.
Mr Vijayan said that it was natural for a court to consider a complaint when it comes before it for consideration. “Nair is not an accused in the complaint which is now before the court for consideration,” the CM said adding that the government had not committed any lapse in appointing him as DGP.
