Thiruvananthapuram, 24 Sept (H.S.):Chief Minister V D Satheesan’s name appears on a purported page from a diary linked to the CMRL monthly payments case that BJP leader Shaun George posted on Facebook. The page shows ₹5 lakh beside Satheesan’s name, though the document’s authenticity and the meaning of the entry have not been independently verified.

George claimed the page came from a diary seized from the managing director of the company at the centre of the controversy. He also asserted that the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) had submitted it to a court as part of its case records.

The page lists several other politicians. In his post, George identified names including Pinarayi Vijayan, Ramesh Chennithala, Hibi Eden, K Muraleedharan, G Sudhakaran, Pannyan Raveendran, K Chandran Pillai and P Rajeev. The appearance of a name or figure on the purported page does not, by itself, establish that a payment was made or that anyone engaged in wrongdoing.

“Why is there no vigilance investigation?” George asked in his Facebook post. He said the figures on the page answered several questions, but did not explain what each entry represented or provide further evidence about the alleged payments.

George described the image as one page of entries from the diary and claimed it was among documents filed with the SFIO’s chargesheet. Those claims would need to be checked against the official court record.

The post has renewed political attention on the CMRL payments controversy because it names figures from different parties, including the sitting chief minister. Whether the page is authentic, how the entries should be interpreted and whether they warrant an investigation remain open questions. Responses from Satheesan and the other politicians named were not available in the information provided for this report.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Arun Lakshman