Petition moved in Kerala High Court challenging clean chit to Chief Minister in Punarjani flood rehabilitation scheme
A lawyer has challenged a Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau report that cleared Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan of corruption charges related to the Punarjani flood rehabilitation scheme. The petitioner alleges that evidence of financial wrongdoing was suppressed to protect the Chief Minister.
Why it matters
This case involves high-level political accountability and potential corruption within state-run rehabilitation programs.
KOCHI Lawyer K.M. Shajahan has moved the Kerala High Court challenging a Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) report closing preliminary enquiry and dropping corruption charges against Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan in connection with the Punarjani flood rehabilitation scheme. Justice C. Jayachandran is likely to consider the matter on November 16. The initial preliminary inquiry report by the VACB stated that Mr. Satheesan took a private trip to the United Kingdom in October 2018 and used a lunch meeting in Birmingham to actively solicit and collect foreign funds for the Punarjani Scheme, the petitioner said. He added that the enquiry officer had noted suspicious financial movements totalling over ₹1.22 crore distributed across the current and personal bank accounts of Manappat Foundation chairman Ameer Ahammed.
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