Kottayam: The Court of the Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge (Vigilance), Kottayam, has rejected the inquiry report submitted by the Vigilance DySP on a complaint that there were anomalies and violation of law in filling paddyfields, wetlands and a river for the construction of the proposed Aranmula Airport.
The judge S Soman directed the investigating officer to register a FIR against the persons involved in the case and to conduct a detailed inquiry. The FIR should be submitted to the court within two weeks.
The Vigilance Department had been directed to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the issue on the basis of a complaint filed by Kummanam Rajasekharan, the patron of Aranmula Heritage Village Karma Samithi. While rejecting the inquiry report submitted by Vigilance DySP Baby Charles, the Court criticised the inquiry officer and the director of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB), who ratified the report. The court observed that though it was specifically mentioned that if a prima facie case has been established, crime has to be registered against the persons involved in it and the inquiry officer did not do that.
23/03/13 New Indian Express
