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Special court to try Suryanelli sex case

Kerala Chief Minister E K Nayanar today said his government had taken all steps to constitute a special court to try cases relating to the Suryanelli sex scandal of 1996.

He told newsmen after a cabinet meeting that the special court would be constituted on getting the high court's clearance. Referring to the direction of a first class judicial magistrate court to chargesheet Congress leader Prof P J Kurian in connection with the case, Nayanar said the government had nothing to do with it as the direction was on the basis of a private complaint filed by the alleged victim.

He accused KPPC President Thennala Balakrishna Pillai and other Congress leaders of trying to defend Prof Kurian despite a court having found that a prima facie case existed against him. The action of the Congress leaders amounted to contempt of court, he added.

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