‘Missing’ whistleblower of bank fraud returns, BFSI News, ET BFSI

The ousted CPM activist and whistleblower of the fraud at the party-ruled Karuvannur Cooperative Bank Sujesh Kannatt, who had gone missing on Saturday returned home in the wee hours of Monday.

Kannatt, who complained against the alleged irregularities at the cooperative bank at Karuvannur, said he was under stress and had undertaken a pilgrimage to Parassinikadavu temple.

Sujesh had left home in the car on Saturday morning and switched off his phone. “We all became worried when we were not able to contact him even by Saturday evening. So we filed a complaint with the police at Irinjalakuda,” said his mother Suma.

However, Kannatt reached home around 1:30am on Monday and reported at the Irinjalakuda police station around 7:45am.

The CI of Irinjalakuda said that Kannatt was produced before the judicial first class magistrate and his statement was taken. Kannatt had reportedly told the police that he was unaware of the sensation created in the media about his disappearance as his mobile was switched off.

Kannatt, who was the Porathissery CPM branch secretary, had launched a solo protest demanding action against those involved in the fraud at the bank, on June 14 last. Subsequently, he was expelled from the party.