Kozhikode : Vigilance sleuths prepare to question Muslim League leader KM Shaji once again in connection their probe into disproportionate wealth case following discrepancies in the records given by the former MLA earlier. Also, authorities st stumbled up on anomalies in terms of permitted construction when they recently measured up Shaji’s palatial house in Kozhikode.
The report underscores discrepancies between Shaji’s testimony and Vigilance’s own findings. Also there are holes in the records submitted by Shaji to explain the amount of money officials unearthed from his residence. Shaji had submitted receipts and counterfoils pertaining to funds collected for election. To the sleuths however, these papers appear to have been fabricated.
Shaji said it was mandalam committee that decided to raise election funds and that Rs 45 lakh seized from his residence were part of that fund.
The case began when Vigilance found Shaji’s expenses to be far exceeding his income. They then conducted preliminary investigations to verify that. Based on findings they then registered a case for acquisition of disproportionate wealth.
