Kannur ADM Naveen Babu’s death: Joint Commissioner of Land Revenue to probe circumstances that led to demise
The Hindu
Kerala government orders inquiry into ADM Naveen Babu's death amid corruption allegations, political controversy, and police investigation.
The Kerala government has ordered the Joint Commissioner of Land Revenue, A. Geetha, to investigate the “sequence of events leading to the loss of life” of the former Additional District Magistrate (ADM), Kannur, Naveen Babu.
The accusations of corruption by P.P. Divya, former district panchayat president, Kannur, against Naveen Babu would fall within the inquiry’s ambit.
The inquiry will focus on whether Ms. Divya has produced any evidence to substantiate her serious accusations against Naveen Babu.
The politically tempestuous controversy surrounding the former ADM’s death by suspected suicide at his official quarters on October 15 is centred around Naveen Babu’s alleged illegal-gratification-motivated delay in issuing a no-objection certificate (NOC) to Prasanthan, a private individual, for setting up a petrol pump at Chengala in Kannur district.
At a send-off meeting organised by the District Collectorate staff following Naveen Babu’s transfer to Pathanamthitta on October 14, Ms. Divya had allegedly insinuated that the ADM had a corrupt motive in inordinately delaying action on files.
Naveen Babu, with whom Ms. Divya shared the stage, looked visibly disturbed and was found dead hanging in his quarters the following day.
Naveen Babu’s death triggered a public outcry and triggered a political storm that caught the CPI(M) and the Left Democratic. Front (LDF) government at its dead centre.
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