Five Ex-CM Kerala Security Staff Appear Before SIT in Assault Case

Five former security personnel of then Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday appeared before the SIT probing the alleged assault on Youth Congress workers during the Nava Kerala Sadas programme in 2023, officials said. 

The five personnel - Anil Kumar S, Sandeep S, Shaiju V K, Arun R and Vipin V V - appeared before the Crime Branch office here, where the SIT led by SP A P Shaukat Ali is questioning



them.

On Tuesday, the Alappuzha District and Sessions Court granted anticipatory bail to the five security personnel and directed them to appear before the SIT for interrogation on Thursday. 

The court also permitted the SIT to interrogate them over the next two days, if required. It further ordered that in the event of their arrest, they should be released on bail on executing bonds of Rs 1 lakh each with two solvent sureties.