Case registered against Anto Augustine over allegations concerning Keralam Chief Minister’s second marriage

…allegations over the failed bid to bring the Lionel Messi-led Argentina to Kochi. He says he was convinced that the documents presented to him were forged. If so, he should have reported the matter to the police. I doubt if he made all the revelations as a defence against the probe and was attempting to blackmail the government ,” Mr. Nair said. He said it needs to be investigated if the people Mr. Augustine mentioned in his revelation were for real or not. “I have deposed before the police that I doubt if the incident in the revelation really…

…administrative authorities to search the administrative office failed as they refused to accept it. A woman in charge of the administrative section promised to arrive shortly but has since not responded to our calls. We have no intention of disrupting newsroom operations. However, RBC authorities are not cooperating with the search ,” he said. He added that the operation was connected to the FIR registered at Kalamassery police station in relation to the case. RBC sources, however, alleged that the police team barged into the newsroom, disrupted…

…searches The searches sparked widespread protests, with Opposition Leader Pinarayi Vijayan condemning what he described as “a one-and-a-half-hour-long terrorising situation” created by the police inside the newsroom. “ The police atrocity was reminiscent of the dark days of the Emergency. It resembled the attacks being carried out against the media in BJP-ruled States and in Delhi under the Centre’s control. Kerala will not tolerate this assault aimed at silencing the media ,” he said in a statement. The Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) has strongly condemned the alleged reprehensible attack on media, dubbing it as “a media hunt and an assault on democracy.” “It is shocking that…