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VS apprehensive of thriving sex rackets

By Our Staff Reporter

KOTTAYAM, OCT. 9. The Leader of the Opposition, V.S. Achuthanandan, has expressed apprehension over the thriving sex rackets in the State.

Speaking to presspersons after visiting the victim of the Kiliroor sex scandal at a private hospital here, Mr. Achuthanandan said the flourishing sex rackets was a manifestation of the unbridled amassing of wealth by a few and the involvement of those entrusted with law and order in the unlawful activities of the rich.

In most cases, the culprits go scot-free on account of the involvement of those entrusted with law enforcement responsibility. However, in the case of the Sooryanelli racket, the then Government could bring the maximum number of culprits to book. The authorities had also taken special care to secure the future of the victim by providing her a job. He hoped in the present case too, the authorities would take a similar attitude.

Police lapses

He said that the Kerala High Court took a serious view of the lapses in the police investigation so far and the Chief Minister himself admitted to the mistakes. Such irresponsible attitude from the police would lead to the deteriorating law and order situation in the State, Mr. Achuthanandan said.

He said the indifference of the police to matters of importance had led to the situation where communal forces dared to act with immunity, attacking nuns and killing a priest. The increasing incidence of such actions pointed to the fact that such forces were above law, the Opposition Leader said.

Referring to the incidence of violence involving the MSF activists who tried to block him, Mr. Achuthanandan said it was wrong to dub the agitation by the Left students as anti-IUML. The agitation by the Left student organisations was against the educational policy of the UDF Government, he said.

Professional courses now being offered in the self-financing stream went against the claim of the UDF. The present system had rendered such courses unapproachable for the common man. ``The Wahabs among the community may be able to benefit from it, but the poorer among the Muslim community would in no way benefit by the present policy,'' he said.

Mr. Achuthanandan said the UDF Government failed to fill 85,000 existing vacancies. This means nearly 11,000 jobs which would come to the Muslim community on account of communal rotation. ``The IUML is not interested in fighting for such issues. The common people among the community are aware of such issues as was demonstrated by the results of the last Parliament elections and the recent Panchayati Raj elections,'' he said.

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