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Ker CM Satheesan Denies Political Vendetta in Vigilance Probe Against CEC Gyanesh Kumar
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News18•12-10-2026, 13:45
Ker CM Satheesan Denies Political Vendetta in Vigilance Probe Against CEC Gyanesh Kumar
- •Keralam Chief Minister V D Satheesan has denied any political vendetta behind the state government's decision to order a Vigilance probe into CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
- •The investigation concerns allegations linked to a road project from two decades ago when Kumar served as the state PWD secretary.
- •Satheesan stated that the government acted routinely after receiving a complaint by the Home Minister and the law will take its course.
- •The inquiry was ordered following a complaint by state Congress leader Malayinkeezhu Venugopal regarding the KSTP road project and the 2006 death of a Malaysian engineer.
- •The probe coincides with nationwide protests by opposition parties demanding the removal of the Chief Election Commissioner over alleged electoral irregularities.
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The Vigilance probe was ordered after state Congress leader Malayinkeezhu Venugopal filed a complaint regarding alleged corruption in the KSTP road project and the 2006 death of a Malaysian engineer, dating back to when Kumar served as the state PWD secretary.
Chief Minister V D Satheesan denied any political vendetta, stating that the government merely acted on a complaint received by the Home Minister regarding activities from two decades ago and that the law will take its course.
The case involves Malaysian civil engineer Lee See Been, who was associated with the PATI-BEL consortium upgrading MC Road under the Kerala State Transport Project and whose death by suicide in 2006 reportedly named Gyanesh Kumar in a suicide note.
