Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan appeared to stoutly defend senior bureaucrat M. Sivasankar’s right to publish his “harrowing” personal history as a “much-vilified” undertrial in the UAE diplomatic baggage gold smuggling case.
Fielding questions at a press conference, Mr. Vijayan said his former Principal Secretary had dwelled in detail about the politically prejudiced line of investigation. To a great degree, Mr. Sivasankar was the victim of a media witch-hunt.
