Kerala former minister held in flyover corruption case

Kerala former public works minister and Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) MLA V K Ebrahim Kunju was arrested by the Kerala Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) on Wednesday in connection with the alleged corruption in the construction of a fly-over 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 comprising the IUML. MLA of Manjeshwar, M C Kamaruddin from IUML, was recently arrested on charges of cheating over a hundred investors of his jewellery business. The fresh moves assumed more political significance as Kerala is heading for local body polls next month and Assembly election in hardly five months away.