Keralam asks Vigilance to probe 2006 suicide case linked to Gyanesh
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 5 -- Keralam home minister Ramesh Chennithala on Sunday ordered a Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) inquiry into alleged irregularities in a 2006 road construction project and the suicide of a Malaysian engineer when current Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar was the then secretary of the public works department.
Chennithala said the probe was ordered after he received a complaint on Saturday from Malayankeezhu Venugopal, a Congress leader and member of the party's state executive.
The investigation will be a continuation of a preliminary VACB inquiry conducted in 2006, which got stalled after Kumar left the state on a central deputation that year, the minister said.
The inquiry will probe corruptio...
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