''No need to hide anything in Kodanad issue, dead can't come alive to testify''

Chennai: Dismissing the allegations of Sayan in connection with the Kodanad estate episode, as ridiculous and concocted, State Fisheries Minister D. Jayakumar claimed, Sayan appeared to heap up baseless charges as the driver Kanagaraj who was killed in an accident, will not come alive to testify.

”There is no need (for us) to conceal anything. The case is in already in the court. I can only say: on what basis did Sayan make the allegations? He said it based on Kanagaraj who had died. Is it possible for the dead to come alive and testify? Impossible. That’s why the allegations are being woven,” Mr. Jayakumar said and dismissed the allegations involving Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami as “baseless and concocted.”

The CM had clearly explained this issue and had stated that there was nothing to hide, the Minister added.

The Kodanad estate break in case resurfaced recently after Tehelka’s former editor Mathew Samuel released a 16-minute investigative video report accusing the role of CM in the case. In the video, two accused (in the burglary case) Sayan and Manoj claimed that the CM wanted them to retrieve Rs. 2,000 crore and some important documents from inside the estate. Both had alleged that it was Jayalalithaa’s former driver Kanagaraj who had told that Mr. Palaniswami was involved in the planning of the estate break-in.

Mr. Jayakumar claimed that DMK president M. K. Stalin somehow wanted to capture power. “He had unsuccessfully tried and desperately wants the Assembly election to be thrust on Tamil Nadu…but more than us, the DMK MLAs are happy over the AIADMK government,” he added.