1. Keralam orders vigilance probe against CEC Gyanesh Kumar over 2006 case

Keralam orders vigilance probe against CEC Gyanesh Kumar over 2006 case

India

  • Keralam Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala on Sunday, ordered a Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau VACB probe against CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
  • The case concerns a 2006 suicide note naming Kumar, then PWD Secretary, in a Malaysian engineer's death.
  • Chennithala cited alleged external pressure that derailed the original 2006 preliminary inquiry.
  • Separately, Congress's P Chidambaram urged state CEOs to publicly clarify directives received during the SIR exercise.

Source: moneycontrol.com

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