Overview
- The Thalassery Second Additional District and Sessions Court partially allowed petitions by Naveen Babu’s family for further investigation into four specified aspects.
- Investigators were directed to examine the official mobile phone of sole accused P. P. Divya and collect all related call data.
- Police must verify T V (P. P.) Prashanthan’s bribery-related claims, including any meeting at Pallikunnu, any vigilance complaint, and any gold loan allegedly raised for a payment.
- The court declined the family’s request to record a minister’s statement but ordered follow-up on evidentiary gaps identified in the petitions.
- Babu’s October 2024 death has been treated as suicide with Divya charged with abetment, and earlier requests for a CBI probe were rejected by the Kerala High Court and the Supreme Court.