Vigilance raid at A P Abdullakutty’s house in Kannur

Kannur: The vigilance is conducting a raid at the house of BJP national vice president A P Abdullakutty. The raid is going on at the Kannur residence of A P Abdullakutty.

The raid is being held over alleged corruption that took place at a light and sound show at Kannur Fort. The expense for the show was marked at Rs 4 crore but only Rs 1 crore was used. The remaining amount was misappropriated by Abdullakutty, it is alleged.

DySP Babu Peringoth is leading the raid at Abdullakutty’s house.

Days before the UDF government stepped out of power in 2016, a light and sound show was organized at the Kannur fort. Rs 1 crore was spent in organising the show. But the vigilance found in 2018 that discrepancies had taken place in the conduct of the show and it was held only for a day.

The vigilance had conducted inspection at Kannur DTPC the other day and seized valid documents. The raid comes following that.