In a rare incident which has sent shock waves across the ruling CPI(M) in the State, Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has sent a communication to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan asking the latter to produce all details of telephone tapping happening in Kerala. Raj Bhavan sources told The Pioneer that the Governor himself was taken aback by the revelations made by a CPI(M) camp follower by name P V Anwar. 

P V Anwar, an independent MLA belonging to the CPI(M) camp in his press meet had alleged the other day that the Home Department in the State was tapping telephones of politicians, bureaucrats, ministers as well as selected persons. Many police officers and CPI(M) leaders were behind the phone tapping, according to Anwar. “I myself am tapping the phones of many persons,” Anwar had claimed while speaking to reporters.

Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has taken serious note of the allegations made by Anwar and also the claim that the latter himself was snooping into the communications between various police officials, bureaucrats and ministers. He has asked the chief minister to furnish all relevant details connected with the telephone tapping, which senior intelligence officials describe as a sensitive and serious issue. What is curious is the role of Anwar in this issue because he is seen as an international wheeler dealer.

Anwar, one of the crorepati businessmen in the State, was the one who set the State politics blaze with his last week’s disclosure about  the 2023 meeting between RSS General Secretary Dattatrey Hosabale and M R Ajith Kumar, additional director general of police (ADGP). He also disclosed that Ajith Kumar had met Sangh strongman Ram Madhav. The latest revelations made by Anwar was that the intelligence department of Kerala Police had suppressed the report about these meetings and hence the chief minister was not aware of the same.

Jaleel had served in the Congress and Muslim League before casting his lots with the CPI(M), a party that is welcoming all Islamic extremists with an open heart. Former president of the banned SIMI, K T Jaleel had joined the party and is known as the close confidante of the chief minister.

Last day saw the Home Department shunting out many police officers from the districts of Malappuram and Kozhikode to innocuous posts. Anwar had alleged that the officers who were transferred out on Monday had leanings with RSS. “The State Police has been infiltrated by many Sanghis and this has come to an end,” he had said.

According to a senior BJP office bearer, the transfers were part of the deal between the CPI(M) leadership and the Islamic hotheads in the party to smoothen the gold and narcotics smuggling via the Calicut International Airport in Malappuram.