The Kerala high court today refused to interfere with 'Operation Kubera', launched by the state government as part of its drive against illegal money lenders, and said the searches would be conducted in accordance with law and there would be no blanket ban.
Police shall conduct searches in accordance with provisions of Criminal Procedure Code, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice PR Ramachandran Menon held, disposing a batch of petitions filed by some finance companies complaining of police 'harassment' in the case.
The bench orally observed that hire purchase companies and money lenders had informers inside police and even if search was conducted nothing could be recovered.
