Gireesh Babu, a Proper to Data (RTI) activist and the person behind many authorized battles that triggered political controversies, together with the current alleged Cochin Minerals and Rutile Restricted-pay off case, was discovered useless within the first flooring of his residence in Kalamassery on Monday morning. He was 47.
He had requested his spouse to wake him up round 7 am since he needed to go to the Excessive Courtroom in reference to a case. His door was bolted from inside and he was unresponsive when spouse repeatedly knocked the door round 6.45 am.
Following this, neighbours rushed in and broke a portion of the door and unbolted it. Gireesh Babu was discovered mendacity on the mattress along with his face down. He had been present process remedy for some time for brain-related well being points.
The Kalamassery police had been alerted and an inquest of the physique was performed.
He had initiated authorized battles in lots of instances of public curiosity by Public Curiosity Litigations (PIL). Just lately a Vigilance Particular courtroom had rejected a plea looking for an investigation into the alleged unlawful monetary transactions between Cochin Minerals and Rutile Restricted (CMRL) and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter T. Veena, and distinguished UDF leaders together with the late Oommen Chandy. He had since approached the Excessive Courtroom.
