Job Scam: Wayanad collector suspended

Wayanad District Collector T Bhaskaran has been suspended from the service in connection with the Public Service Commission Job scam.

The decision was taken at the Cabinet meeting held today.

Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan said Wayanad collector was removed from his job on the basis of Land Revenue Commissioner K R Muraleedharan`s report that stated that there was failure on the part of the collector.

A team under crime Branch ADGP Vincent M Paul would be constituted to investigate into the job scam, he said. The Vigilance department would probe corruption and scams related to the employees. More ... http://keralz.com/news/kerala/2010/dec/dec3.html

Main accused in Job scam surrenders

Kochi: Abhilash S Pillai, the main accused in the job scam on Tuesday surrendered before the Ernakulam Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Court.

Abhilash is considered to be the mastermind behind the scam. Sooraj Krishna who acquired a job with the help of Abhilash too surrendered along with Abhilash. ...read more here http://keralz.com/news/kerala/2010/dec/dec1.html

Vijayan: first communist leader to be charge sheeted in graft case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed charge sheet against CPI (M) politburo member Pinarayi Vijayan in the multi-crore SNC Lavalin case. This is the first time a top Communist leader in the country is being prosecuted for graft charges.
The CBI filed the charge sheet at the Ernakulam court, arraigning Vijayan as the seventh accused in the case related to alleged irregularities involving Rs 374.5
crore in the award of contract for renovation and modernisation of Pallivasal, Sengulam and Panniyar hydro-electric projects to Canada-based SNC Lavalin in 1998 when he was the power minister.
The CBI filed the charge sheet after the state Governor gave his nod for prosecuting Vijayan. The CBI had sought the governor’s permission, as Vijayan had been a minister.
The governor had given the permission overruling the state government’s recommendation.
The prosecution issue had widened the rift within the CPI(M) state unit with the Chief Minister expressing his backing to the governor in the issue. Meanwhile his cabinet colleagues as well his party men have all come out against the governor for giving prosecution orders.