Kerala orders vigilance probe into 2006 suicide case linked to CEC Gyanesh Kumar

NEW DELHI: Kerala home minister Ramesh Chennithala has ordered a Vigilance investigation into allegations of irregularities involving Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar during his tenure as the state’s Public Works Department Secretary in 2006, news agency ANI reported.The case concerns the death by suicide of Malaysian civil engineer Lee See Been, who was associated with the PATI-BEL consortium involved in the upgradation of MC Road under the Kerala State Transport Project. Been’s suicide note reportedly mentioned Gyanesh Kumar.The investigation has been ordered following allegations that external pressure was exerted and that the original inquiry into the case was derailed.Chennithala has directly instructed the Vigilance Director to conduct a thorough inquiry into the allegations of external influence in the case involving Gyanesh Kumar and take appropriate action based on the findings, the Home Minister’s Office said.The development comes as opposition parties, student organisations and youth groups held protests in Delhi and…