Thiruvananthapuram: The CBI team which has been probing the sexual harassment case against five Congress leaders, including former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, on Tuesday conducted an inspection at the Cliff House, the official residence of the Kerala chief minister, in search of evidence.
State Congress leaders, including Chandy, are accused of sexually abusing the prime woman accused in the solar panel scam. The team reached the Cliff House after taking special permission from the state government, sources said. Television channels aired visuals of the CBI team inspecting Cliff House where the survivor had alleged that she was abused by the senior Congress leader when he was the Chief Minister.
Last month, the team had conducted an inspection at the MLA hostel, where some former Congress legislators had allegedly abused the survivor. Sources said the complainant woman was also with the CBI team which conducted the inspection. The Left government had last year recommended a CBI probe into the sexual harassment case filed by a woman accused in the solar scam against five Congress leaders-Chandy, party MPs-- K C Venugopal, Hibi Eden, Adoor Prakash, former minister A P Anil Kumar, and A P Abdulla Kutty, who was earlier in the Congress and is now in the BJP camp. Chandy has maintained that he has not done any wrong and was prepared to face any probe.