Kochi (Kerala) [India], January 12 (ANI): The Kerala High Court on Tuesday granted permission to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to continue probe in the LIFE Mission scam case and vacated the stay order on the probe.
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KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday granted permission to the CBI to continue the investigation in the alleged Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) violations over funds received from a foreign sponsor for implementation of the Life Mission housing project at Wadakkancherry in Thrissur district.
The case relating to the Life Mission, the Kerala government s flagship housing project for the homeless, involves a corruption allegation into the award of the contract to construct 144 apartments in Thrissur district s Wadakkancherry to Unitac, a construction company, at the behest of M Sivasankar, the then principal secretary of the chief minister in 2019. For this purpose, Dubai-based Red Crescent signed an MoU with the Life Mission to provide financial aid (AED 10 million or Rs 20 crore) to build the dwellings, the contract for which was given to Unitac.
Kerala HC extends stay on CBI probe in Life Mission case till Dec 21 ANI | Updated: Dec 17, 2020 22:21 IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], December 17 (ANI): Kerala High Court on Thursday extended till December 21, the stay on CBI probe against functionaries of the Kerala Life Mission program of the local self-government department in the Life Mission scam case for supposed foreign currency regulation law violations.
The matter will be heard on the same day.
Life Mission s counsel KV Vishwanathan said, The project and contributions received were outside the purview of the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act (FCRA) since contracts were between Red Crescent and building contractors. The morale of officers could be sapped by the CBI s investigation.
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