The Kerala High Court, on Thursday, took the State government
to task for providing better facilities in the prison for Saritha S. Nair, an
accused in the solar scam cases.
Justice Harun Al Rashid made the oral observation when the
court resumed hearing on the land grab cases in which Salim Raj, former gunman
of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, is involved. The court also asked why Saritha
was taken to the Thiruvananthapuram jail via Puthuppally after producing her in
a court in Kochi.
The court also referred to reports about visit of the wife of
P. Mohanan, an accused in the T.P. Chandrasekharan murder case, at the jail.
The court orally observed that better facilities were
provided to these accused persons probably because they might have an unholy
nexus with the government. The court further wondered whether the jail
authorities had arranged a beautician for Saritha in the jail. The court also
wanted to know who were influencing the jail authorities to provide such
facilities to Saritha. Special government pleader P.A. Mohammed Shah said
Saritha was enjoying all the rights of an under-trial prisoner.
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