OC has bounden duty to find culprits behind brutal attack on teacher

The CPM-led Opposition in Kerala is naturally making a hue and cry into the heinous attack on R.Krishnakumar, a techer of the RVHSS, Valakam, Kottarakara the other day. That the teacher was impaled through the anus using an iron rod, apart from his suffering attacks on the head etc, highlights application of a terrorism-like vengeance in the matter.

The Opposition has taken up the issue in right earnest, pointing out that the school belongs to Kerala Congress (Pillai) leader R.Balakrishna Pillai, who is now in jail in the Idamalayar case, and that his son Ganeshan is a Minister in the Oommen Chandy Government. The teacher in question had some sort of a tussle with the teacher in connection with the promotion of his wife who is also a teacher of the same school.
Naturally, the Opposition has taken the cue and accused Pillai and Ganeshan with being behind the back in the attack on the teacher.

It is because of the same background that Oommen Chandy has more responsibility in the matter to find out the truth and penalize the guilty.

The complicity or otherwise can be confirmed by a sincere probe.

It is not because of the hullabaloo, but the culture of the state calls for getting at the truth.

There may be nothing concerning the complicity. We may remember that at one time, RSP’s stalwart Baby John was the butt of attacks for a long time with regard to the disappearance of a person who was his earlier supporter. Finally, the person himself had turned up and the whole allegations were untrue.

If there is a role for Pillai or his son in the heinous attack, that should be found out, and if there is no role that also should be revealed and the assailants should be brought to book, whoever it is.