Who will continue VS' fight in ice cream parlour case?

FOR decades, V S Achuthanandan's unwavering and unflinching voice echoed in the corridors of justice — even when he had to go it alone.

- P RAMDAS @Kochi

FOR decades, V S Achuthanandan's unwavering and unflinching voice echoed in the corridors of justice — even when he had to go it alone. Among the many causes he championed, one continues to haunt the conscience of the state: the infamous ice cream parlour case.

In 2018, VS filed two criminal review petitions challenging the Kozhikode magistrate court's order dismissing a plea for further investigation into the ice cream parlour case, registered based on the revelations of K A Rauf, the estranged co-brother of IUML leader P K Kunhalikutty. The pleas are pending before the High Court. Now, with his passing, a chilling uncertainty lingers: who will pick up the torch he carried for so long?