SC panel may probe charges against Justice Rajan

KOCHI: The Supreme Court has taken serious note of the complaint against Justice

P D Rajan

, a judge of the Kerala high court, who allegedly abused and threatened a circle inspector in his chambers last November over a case involving the judge’s close relatives.

“The chief justice of India has received the complaint and he has taken serious note of it,” Supreme Court Justice Kurian Joseph, who was in Kochi, told TOI on Saturday. According to sources, a three-member panel of Supreme Court judges is likely to be formed to look into the allegations against

Justice Rajan

.

On his part, Circle Inspector

P Sreekumar

said on Saturday that he stands by his complaint against Justice Rajan. “I had suffered so much harassment. The justice told me that he would beat me up with goons. There are other similar incidents but no one has dared to come forward to complain. Even I don’t know what my future would be after this,” he said. “I was standing in a corner for more than three hours without committing anything wrong. I had called up the

Alappuzha SP

after as there was no other option left. There was no one else to support me there,” he said.

A top police official confirmed that the CI had endured severe mental agony. “Following the incident, he was emotionally disturbed as he was harassed for a crime that he did not commit,” the official said.