Ex-Scientist Influenced ISRO Spy Case CBI Probe By Land Deals, Court Told

Former police officer S Vijayan, along with 17 other former police and IB officials, is facing a CBI probe for allegedly falsely implicating Nambi Narayanan and some others in the 1994 spying case.

Former Kerala police officer S Vijayan on Wednesday alleged before the Kerala High Court that ex-ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan influenced the CBI investigation in the 1994 espionage case against him by entering into land deals worth crores with the then investigating officials of the agency.

Mr Vijayan, along with 17 other former Kerala police and Intelligence Bureau officials, is facing a CBI probe for allegedly falsely implicating Mr Narayanan and some others in the 1994 spying case.

On Wednesday, his lawyer told Justice R Narayana Pisharadi that he had placed before the trial court encumbrance certificates of several acres of land in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu which show Mr Narayanan or his son as power of attorney holders.

These lands were sold to the CBI officials, Mr Vijayan has alleged in the high court and contended that this material was sufficient for the trial court to order an investigation under the Prevention of Corruption Act against the scientist and the agency officials.