K Babu News

The Kerala Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau on Monday called in a personal staff of former Excise Minister and Congress leader K Babu for questioning in connection with probe into his alleged disproportionate assets.

The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau on Saturday conducted raids at the residences of former Kerala excise minister K Babu and his two daughters in connection with a disproportionate assets case against the Congress leader.

An enquiry was on Wednesday ordered against former excise minister K Babu by Vigilance Director DGP Jacob Thomas in connection to alleged irregularities in awarding bar licenses during the tenure of the previous Congress-led UDF government.

Congress leader K Babu, who had resigned as state excise minister nine days ago, Monday returned to the Oommen Chandy cabinet after the Kerala High Court stayed the order.

Babu is the second minister in Chandy government to resign over the bribery scandal.

Amid indications that Kerala Congress chief KM Mani may be re-inducted into the Oommen Chandy cabinet, the CPI(M) has step up the pressure on Excise Minister K Babu in the wake of allegations against in the bar bribery case.