IUML MLA Ebrahim Kunju arrested in Palarivattom flyover scam

V K Ebrahim Kunju, former public works minister of Kerala and Indian Union Muslim League MLA, was arrested by the Kerala Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) on Wednesday in connection with the alleged corruption in the construction of a flyover at Kochi that had to be reconstructed hardly three years after its commissioning due to poor quality.

The arrest came as another major embarrassment for the Congress-led Opposition in Kerala as well as the IUML, which is a key coalition partner of Congress. IUML MLA of Manjeshwar, M C Kamaruddin, was recently arrested in connection with cheating over a hundred investors in his jewellery business.