Summary:
Kozhikode: As the probe into the illegal tree-felling picks up pace the motives of former revenue minister E Chandrashekharan have come under a cloud of suspicion. Without waiting for the legal opinion Chandrashekharan had issued strict direction to officials to issue the order urgently. Being an issue in which even the high court had intervened earlier the official could seek another legal opinion. A top revenue official had verbally directed to shift revenue A L U section in-charge Shalini to CD section. It is alleged that a high official of the revenue department had publicly reprimanded Shalini and insulted her for providing the document..