Following Asianet News’ report on a letter written by solar scam accused, Saritha Nair, in which she has made allegations of sexual harassment against Kerala CM Oommen Chandy, the CM has now filed for defamation.
On Friday, a criminal defamation complaint was filed with the chief judicial magistrate of Ernakulam in which five people, including Saritha Nair, have been named.
The complaint alleges that the reason for releasing the letter purportedly written in 2013 just before elections was a clear political conspiracy.
The defamation complaint also names: MG Radhakrishnan, Editor, Asianet News, Vinu V John, senior news anchor, Manoj K Varma, chief news editor, Kairali News and K Rajendran, senior news editor, Kairali News.
The case will come up for hearing on 28 May.
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