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Chennai, Tamil Nadu: A Tamil Nadu police team investigating charges of molestation against former Kerala minister P.J. Joseph has submitted its final report in a judicial magistrate's court here.
Court sources said a special team led by Assistant Commissioner T. Kuppusamy, set up to investigate the case, submitted its probe findings on Friday and the charge sheet against the minister is now ready.
Television anchor Lakshmi Gopakumar in her complaint to the Chennai airport police had accused Kerala's former public works minister of sexual harassment on-board a Kingfisher Airlines flight from Chennai to Kochi on August 3, 2006.
Joseph is the chairman of Kerala-Congress (Joseph) and an ally of the Left Democratic Front government in Kerala.
The Tamil Nadu police on October 3, 2006 registered a case under the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act, 1988, against him.
In her report in August 2006, the investigating officer said the victim stood by her allegations and "it was possible that such an act might have occurred onboard". The report ruled out any conspiracy theory, as suggested by Joseph.
Joseph alleged the probe was "incomplete", but resigned from office in September 2006.
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