Kerala CPI(M) State secretary accuses CMO of harbouring synthetic drug peddlers
CPI(M) State secretary M.V. Govindan says police “inadvertently” arrested Youth Congress leaders Muhammad Hussien and P.A. Abdul Salam and P. Abbas based on anonymous information without realising their political heft. He alleges that the accused managed Chief Minister’s social media handles, including the dissemination of social media reels lionising Satheesan
Communist Party of India (Marxist) State secretary M.V. Govindan accused Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan's office of harboring synthetic drug peddlers following the arrest of four Youth Congress leaders on drug charges. Govindan claimed the police had "inadvertently" arrested the leaders, Muhammad Hussien, P.A. Abdul Salam, and P. Abbas, based on anonymous tips without realizing their political influence.
He alleged the accused managed Satheesan's social media presence, including the creation of videos showing the Chief Minister with them at the Chief Minister's Office and visiting their homes. Govindan accused Satheesan of using government influence to get corporate owners of social media platforms, like META, to remove posts critical of the Chief Minister's association with narcotic peddlers.
He further accused the UDF government of resorting to the BJP's help, invoking the Navy, Coast Guard, and Air Force, to search for missing fishers off the coast of Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam. Govindan also disputed the UDF government's claim that it would no longer require legal permission to provide relief to families of missing persons, stating that they had already waived this requirement to provide ₹22 lakh to each of the 142 fisher families affected by the 2016-17 Okhi cyclone.
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