Solar scam: Witness collapses before solar Commission
According to the hospital sources, his condition is stable
KOCHI: Pradeep Kumar, a member of the personal staff of K. B. Ganesh Kumar when the latter was the forest minister, collapsed while deposing before the Justice G. Sivarajan Commission probing the solar scam on Friday. Pradeep Kumar was admitted to a private hospital after he complained of chest pain and collapsed nearly 50 minutes after he started deposing before the commission.
Justice Sivarajan immediately stopped the proceedings and directed the staff members to take him to a hospital. According to the hospital sources, his condition is stable.
As a witness, Mr Pradeep Kumar earlier told the commission that Kerala Congress (B) leader R. Balakrishna Pillai had asked him to not release the contents of the letter written by Saritha S. Nair while she was in Pathanamthitta jail. Mr Pillai advised him to keep silent on the letter for not creating any trouble for the UDF, he added.
Pradeep Kumar said although he and advocate Fenny Balakrishnan went to Pathanamthitta jail, only the latter went inside and met Saritha. “Fenny gave me a cover after coming out of the jail and it was nearly a 40-page letter. I had a cursory reading of it and the same was handed over to Manoj,” he said.