Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Kerala Lokayukta issued notice to the state s former health minister KK Shailaja and a few others in connection with alleged corruption in the purchase of PPE kits and other medical equipment during the initial period of COVID-19 pandemic. India News | Kerala: Former Health Minister Under Scanner over Corruption in Purchase of PPE Kits.
Kerala Lokayukta issued notice to the state s former health minister KK Shailaja and a few others in connection with alleged corruption in the purchase of PPE kits and other medical equipment during the initial period of COVID-19 pandemic.
Kerala anti-corruption body has ordered a probe against former Health Minister KK Shailaja over alleged corruption in the purchase of PPE kits and other equipment during Covid.
The complaints came from Veena Nair, a Congress leader here and a few others who alleged that purchases for fighting Covid, especially PPE kits, were purchased at a price of Rs 1,500 per unit, which they said was much higher than the price in the open market then.Inci
The Kerala Lokayukta, after conducting a preliminary probe into the complaints in the purchases made during the Covid period in 2020 by the medical authorities led by then State Health Minister K.K. Shailaja, on Friday decided to serve a notice .