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The '''ice cream parlour sex scandal''' is a long running [[sex scandal]] that rocked the [[Indian National Congress]] led [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]] government following a complaint by an Kozhikode-based NGO, Anweshi that an ice cream parlour was being run as a brothel and a number of girls were being sexually exploited there .<ref name="SC notice">{{cite news|title=SC notice to Kerala in 'Ice Cream parlour' sex scam|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_sc-notice-to-kerala-in-ice-cream-parlour-sex-scam_1711098|accessdate=2 August 2012|newspaper=[[DNA India]]|date=5 July 2012}}</ref><br />
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Former Chief Minister [[VS Achuthanandan]] has alleged in his petition that the then state government is not making any serious effort to bring the accused to book as several influential persons including its sitting Minister for Industries and Information Technology [[PK Kunhalikutty]] is said to be involved in the racket.<br />
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In his appeal [[Achuthanandan]], stated that KA Rauf, co-brother of Kunhalikutty, made a disclosure at a press conference on 28 January 2011 that the minister had influenced several key witnesses in the sex scandal to turn hostile for pecuniary benefits.<br />
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On the basis of the said disclosure, Kerala police registered a fresh case on 30 January 2011 and on 2 February, a [[Special Investigation Team (India)|Special Investigation Team]] was constituted, to probe the claim, said the plea by former state CM.<ref name="SC notice"/><br />
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The case diary relating to the "ice cream parlour sabotage case" indicated that Indian Union Muslim League leader and Industries Minister P K Kunhalikutty tried to influence witnesses in his favour. As per the investigation report, witnesses have in their statements to police alleged Kunhalikutty tried to persuade them to change their original depositions in his favour. They said they had also received financial benefits to retract from their earlier statements which went against Kunalikutty, through his relative K A Rauf.Though Kunhalikutty never became an accused in the case, he had come under a cloud in the wake of the scandal and had to quit a ministry then.<ref>https://zeenews.india.com/news/kerala/ice-cream-parlour-case-diary-embarrasses-udf_827717.html%</ref><br />
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<ref name="SC notice"/> In addition, accusations have been made that [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]] government has deliberately obstructed progress in the investigation in order to protect themselves, relatives, or friends.<ref name=IBNLive2011>{{cite news|title=Icecream parlour case: Kerala assembly stalled|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/icecream-parlour-case-kerala-assembly-stalled/142737-37.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213102924/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/icecream-parlour-case-kerala-assembly-stalled/142737-37.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 February 2011|accessdate=2 August 2012|newspaper=IBNLive|date=8 February 2011}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Political scandals in India]]<br />
[[Category:Political sex scandals]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Kerala society]]<br />
[[Category:History of Kerala (1947–present)]]<br />
[[Category:Crime in Kerala]]<br />
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