Underwear Scandal Ends MLA's 5-Decade Political Career in Kerala
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News18•06-01-2026, 10:27
Underwear Scandal Ends MLA's 5-Decade Political Career in Kerala
- •Kerala MLA Antony Raju disqualified after conviction in a 35-year-old evidence tampering case.
- •Raju, a former minister, received a three-year prison sentence for altering crucial evidence in a 1990 drug case.
- •The evidence involved an Australian citizen's blue underwear, which was swapped or altered to appear "too small" for the accused.
- •The tampering was revealed in 1996 by the accused, Andrew Salvatore Servelli, after his arrest in Australia.
- •Raju, then a lawyer, conspired with court clerk K. Joseph to illegally alter the evidence, leading to Servelli's acquittal in 1993.
Why It Matters: A 35-year-old evidence tampering case involving underwear ended Antony Raju's political career.
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