The report of the Justice G Sivarajan Commission on Keralas multi-crore solar scam was tabled in the state Assembly on Thursday. Making an introductory statement detailing the Commissions findings, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the panel found that former chief minister Oommen Chandy, ministers and MLAs helped key accused Saritha S Nair in cheating customers of Team Solar. The CPM-led government is set to act on the Commissions recommendation to invoke provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act against all those accused of corruption and illegal gratification.
“The Commission has already found that the Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and through him, his personal staff Tenny Joppan, Jikkumon Jacob, gunman Salimraj and his aide in Delhi, all had assisted Saritha and her company in enabling them to cheat their customers,” the report said. The Commission found that the then home minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan made “all efforts from his part” to ensure that Chandy is extricated from criminal liability through police officers under him.
The Commission also stated that former power minister Aryadan Muhammad assisted Team Solar in furthering its interests. It said the Special Investigation Team probing the cases used “dubious methods” to ease Chandy out of the probe