WAYANAD: Congress leaders have been granted anticipatory bail in connection with the suicide case of Wayanad DCC Treasurer NM Vijayan and his son. IC Balakrishnan MLA, DCC President ND Appachan and KK Gopinath have been granted anticipatory bail. They were charged with abetment to suicide. The bail has been granted on the conditions that they should appear when requested by the investigating officers, not influence witnesses and not destroy evidence.
NM Vijayan and his son Jijesh committed suicide due to financial issues. The Wayanad DCC Treasurer and his son died while undergoing treatment at the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital after consuming poison. NM Vijayan had stated in his suicide note that he had accepted money for the party with the knowledge of Congress leaders in connection with appointments in cooperative banks in Bathery, but when the appointments did not take place, the entire responsibility fell on him. The diary recovered by the police from Vijayan's room has records of liabilities up to 2022.