20-Year-Old Case Returns to Haunt CEC Gyanesh Kumar as Keralam Orders Fresh Vigilance Probe
The Home Department said the earlier inquiry may have been derailed by outside pressure and ordered the Vigilance Director to review the 2006 case.
- On Sunday, Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala ordered a Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau probe against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities during his 2006 tenure as Public Works Department Secretary.
- This probe centers on the 2006 suicide of Malaysian civil engineer Lee See Been, as reports alleged the engineer's note named Kumar, who was then serving as PWD Secretary.
- Home Department officials initiated this fresh investigation following allegations that the original 2006 preliminary inquiry was derailed by external pressure, and they have requested all relevant case files.
- Protests in Delhi and Mumbai on Friday saw demonstrators demanding Kumar's resignation over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and mass voter deletions.
- Investigative reports reveal Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi recorded objections on 14 occasions over a 10-month period, though the Election Commission rejected suggestions of institutional conflict.
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Keralam Reopens Probe Against Gyanesh Kumar In 2006 Graft Case, Engineer’s Suicide
<p>Kerala has revived a 2006 investigation into alleged corruption in a road project linked to the suicide of a Malaysian engineer, bringing current Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s tenure as the state’s PWD secretary under scrutiny.</p> <p>Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala on Saturday directed the Vigilance department to investigate the allegations after a complaint sought a probe into Kumar’s role in the Kerala State Transport…
Keralam govt. orders preliminary anti-corruption enquiry against CEC Gyanesh Kumar over corruption allegations
Keralam govt. sought to revive a 20-year-old corruption allegation against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, when the Kerala cadre IAS official was the State’s Public Works Department (PWD) secretary, by ordering a preliminary enquiry by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB)
CEC Gyanesh Kumar Faces Kerala Vigilance Probe Over 2006 Transport Project
Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala has directed the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau to conduct a preliminary investigation into allegations of corruption in the Kerala State Transport Project (KSTP) and the suicide of a Malaysian contractor in 2006. The probe concerns the period when Gyanesh Kumar, now Chief Election Commissioner, served as Public Works Department secretary in Kerala. The investigation follows a formal complaint filed …
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