Keralam govt. orders preliminary anti-corruption enquiry against CEC Gyanesh Kumar over corruption allegations

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The Kerala government has ordered a preliminary anti-corruption inquiry into allegations involving Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The probe concerns a complaint dating back roughly 20 years, from his time as a state Public Works Department secretary, and will be conducted by the state Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau.

Keralam govt. sought to revive a 20-year-old corruption allegation against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, when the Kerala cadre IAS official was the State’s Public Works Department (PWD) secretary, by ordering a preliminary enquiry by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB)