The Revenue Department of Kerala Government gois in a confiscation spree in the wake of the ultimatum Kerala High Court issued on January 19. Ultimatum wanted Kerala Government to finish the confiscation of the assets, belonging to outlawed PFI and its leaders on or before January 23, 2023.
Confiscation of assets is for the compensation worth Rs 5.20 crores for damages and public property destruction caused by the violent ‘flash hartal’ held (by PFI) on September 23, 2022. There was every reason to believe that Kerala Government was soft-pedalling in the matter. Once, they went to the extent of saying that the confiscation would take six months! But, the High Court ultimatum of January 19 turned a bombshell for Kerala Government. There is no room for further delaying tactics. Because it could invite ‘contempt of court’.
Now, the Kerala Government actions have been kicked off. Authorities have confiscated the land and house of PFI State General Secretary Abdul Sathar in Puthiyakavu (Karunagappalli), Kollam district and several others.
The assets of 197 PFI workers throughout the state are in the process of confiscation. The district-wise details are as follows :
District: Number of PFI men to lose assets
Thiruvananthapuram: 4
Kollam: General Secretary Abdul Sathar (So far 1)
Pathanamthitta: 3
Alappuzha: 2
Kottayam: 5 including former District President
Idukki: 6
Ernakulam: 3 and PFI’s Periyar Valley Complex, a prominent centre
Thrissur: 5, including SDPI state treasurer Yahiyakoya Thangal & General Secretary P K Usman. (Social Democratic Party of India –SDPI – is the political arm of PFI)
Palakkad: 16 including former State Secretary V A Rouf and Bava, RSS leader Elappulli Renjith murder accused
Malappuram: 126 in 7 taluks, including former State President C P Muhammed Basheer
Kozhikode: 9
Wayanad: 11
Kannur: 2 families
Kasaragod: 4 and land & building of Chandragiri Charitable Trust, the centre of PFI District Committee
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