Thiruvananthapuram, June 4 -- CPI(M) Pathanamthitta district secretary Raju Abraham on Thursday termed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) a "caged parrot" often used as a political tool, while reacting to the Keralam government's decision to hand over the probe into the death of former Kannur Additional District Magistrate K Naveen Babu to the central agency.

Speaking to reporters, Abraham said the CBI had frequently been used to target political opponents by successive governments. "The CBI is a caged parrot. It has been used as a tool to target political opponents. The Congress and others have also used it as a political weapon," he said.

On the state cabinet's decision to transfer the Naveen Babu case to the CBI, Abraham said ...