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Revenue min was informed about ADM's mistake
The New Indian Express Kannur
|July 19, 2025
KANNUR Collector Arun K Vijayan, in a statement submitted to the special investigation team probing the death of former Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Naveen Babu, revealed that Revenue Minister K Rajan was informed on the same day about the controversial farewell function and the ADM's subsequent admission of 'committing a mistake'.
The chargesheet spanning about 480 pages including the statements of 97 witnesses was filed at the Kannur Judicial First Class Magistrate Court on March 29, 2025.
According to the collector's statement, Naveen Babu admitted he had "committed a mistake" during a brief conversation after the farewell meeting on October 14. The collector also said that he had advised Naveen Babu to focus on his relieving process after his scheduled travel, but the ADM appeared concerned about a possible voice recording conducted by former district panchayat president P P Divya, who had raised allegations against him during the farewell meeting.
This story is from the July 19, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Kannur.
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