THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The government has ordered an inquiry into the merits of a complaint that was raised against Congress leader K Sudhakaran, who engaged in a verbal duel with chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan immediately after taking over as KPCC president. Director (vigilance and anti-corruption bureau) Sudesh Kumar has ordered a preliminary inquiry into the complaint filed by Sudhakaran’s former driver Prasanth Babu. The probe will be conducted by SP (vigilance), Kozhikode unit.
The complainant alleged that Sudhakaran had amassed a lot of wealth through several benami businesses. The complainant alleged that Sudhakaran attempted to take the ownership of Raja’s High School at Chirakkal in Kannur after purchasing it in the name of K Karunakaran Trust.
There was widespread fund collection in the name of the trust and there were several irregularities in the construction of the DCC office in Kannur, he alleged. There are also allegations in the complaint that Sudhakaran has constructed a house worth Rs 6 crore and he is using several high-end cars, without having known sources of income. Sudhakaran had recently engaged in a verbal duel with Vijayan over the issues that occurred in Government Brennen College campus in Thalassery, decades ago, when they were students there.
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