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A Police Case, Leaked Audio Tape: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy's Stockpile Of Problems
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INDIA
, 28-January-2016
3:37:30 AM |
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, who is confronting opposition demands for his resignation in connection with the solar scam, now faces a police case.
A Police Case, Leaked Audio Tape: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy's Stockpile Of Problems
Cheat Sheet | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Updated: January 28, 2016 13:59 IST
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A Police Case, Leaked Audio Tape: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy's Stockpile Of Problems
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy was questioned on Monday in connection with the solar scam (Press Trust of India photo)
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, who is confronting opposition demands for his resignation in connection with the solar scam, now faces a police case.
1A court in Thrissur has asked the police to file a First Information Report against the Chief Minister.
2A petition has asked for a case against Mr Chandy after one of the two main accused in the case, Saritha Nair, told an inquiry commission that a bribe of nearly two crores was paid to the personal staff of the chief minister.
3Saritha Nair and her partner Biju Radhakrishnan are accused of collecting crores from industrialists after promising them solar panels at cheaper rates and using their political connections to land big contracts.
4Mr Chandy, who belongs to the Congress, is accused of links with Saritha Nair; many calls were allegedly made from his office to her.
5The Chief Minister spent nearly 11 hours being questioned on Monday. He denied any involvement in the scam and also refused to take a lie-detector test as suggested by Saritha Nair's lawyer.
6Earlier today, Left Front activists protesting outside the state government's
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