Alleged plot to kill former Kerala CM Nayanar: Thadiyantavide Nazeer, five others discharged from case

CBI Special Court discharged 6 accused in conspiracy to murder former Kerala chief minister E.K. Nayanar. K. Kamanees, the CBI Special Judge 2, found no material to suggest agreement between accused to commit illegal act. Prosecution records failed to reveal common objective to perform illegal act. No prima facie material to frame charges against accused.

Thadiyantavide Nazeer and five others have been discharged by a CBI Special Court in a case booked for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to murder the late former Kerala Chief Minister E.K. Nayanar and other political dignitaries.

K. Kamanees, the CBI Special Judge 2, discharged the accused on November 20, 2023 after finding that the prosecution could not establish a prima facie case against any of the accused that they hatched a criminal conspiracy among themselves to overawe the government by using criminal force.

The discharged included Abdul Hameed, Mashood, Ismail, Thajudeen and Anwar. Subair and Shihab, the two other accused in case, are absconding. Nazeer is currently undergoing imprisonment in Bangalore serial blasts case.

The prosecution case was that the accused carried out a criminal conspiracy at a house at Pallikkunnu in 1999 to murder Nayanar, the then Chief Minister of Kerala, to protest against the arrest of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Abdul Nasir Maudany.

The prosecution had also alleged that the accused conspired to indulge in criminal activities to overawe the State by criminal force for releasing Mr. Maudany, who was facing trial in Coimbatore bomb blast cases, from custody.

The prosecution had also claimed that Ismail, the first accused in the case, who was arrested while allegedly trying to tender counterfeit currency notes, had confessed to the criminal conspiracy. Ismail was later acquitted in the counterfeit currency case.

The investigation in the case was carried out by the Kannur unit of the Kerala Crime Branch.