The Special Vigilance Court in Thrissur, Kerala on Tuesday dismissed the discharge petitions filed by two of the accused – a former Minister and a senior bureaucrat — in the sensational palm oil import scam of 1992 which had cost PJ Thomas his job of Chief Vigilance Commissioner two years ago.
The court had earlier completed the hearing on the discharge pleas filed by former Food minister TH Musthaffa and Jiji Thomson, former managing director of the Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation, respectively second and fifth accused in the case. lawyers of both Musthaffa and Thomson said they would move the High Court against the dismissal of their pleas.