A P Abdullakutty, the Muslim face of Kerala BJP who is also the national Vice-President of the party denied media reports that his house in Kannur was raided by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption officials on Friday.
“It is true that officers of the department of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption had called me on Friday. But it was at my instance that they came to my house for recording a statement in connection with the Light and Sound Show held at Kannur in 2014 during my tenure as a member of the Legislative Assembly. Though I had expressed my willingness to record the statement in their office itself, they too told me that they would drop into my house,”Abdullakutty said in his social media page.
He said the sound and light show organized by the District Tourism Promotion Council was enmeshed in corruption and called for a thorough probe into the whole affair. “My involvement in the Show was limited to that of a law maker and I do not have any role in it,” said the BJP leader.
The entire media including the 24X7 news channels had aired reports that the BJP leader’s house was raided by the Vigilance officials in connection with corruption charges only to retrack the same by evening.