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Gyanesh Kumar Probe: BJP Questions Timing as Kerala Reopens 2006 Case Amid SIR Row
- •Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala ordered a preliminary Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau inquiry into a 2006 Kerala State Transport Project case involving Gyanesh Kumar.
- •The case relates to the suicide of Malaysian civil engineer Lee See Been, whose suicide note reportedly mentioned Kumar, then PWD Secretary.
- •The new inquiry will also investigate allegations that the earlier Vigilance investigation was derailed or influenced.
- •The Kerala Home Department sought files from the previous inquiry before ordering the latest probe.
- •The development occurs amidst political confrontation over the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and criticism of Gyanesh Kumar, with BJP questioning the timing.
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The Kerala Home Minister ordered a preliminary Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau inquiry into allegations linked to the 2006 Kerala State Transport Project case, which involves Gyanesh Kumar who served as the state's PWD Secretary at the time and was mentioned in a suicide note.
The case relates to the death by suicide of Malaysian civil engineer Lee See Been, who was associated with the PATI-BEL consortium working on the MC Road project and whose suicide note reportedly mentioned Gyanesh Kumar.
The BJP has questioned the timing of the Kerala government's move, which comes amid an ongoing political confrontation over the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and criticism of Gyanesh Kumar by opposition parties.
