In the third instalment of its investigative reportage on the Kerala Bar bribery case, The Indian Express writes about the Kerala Bar Hotel Owners Association’s (KBHA) revelation that ex State Finance Minister KM Mani had taken a bribe of Rs 1 crore.
[...] Vigilance Bureau records accessed by The Indian Express show that more embarrassment is in store for the veteran politician [KM Mani] and the Congress government his party supports. These records pertain to three meetings between Mani and members of the Kerala Bar Hotel Owners Association (KBHA) in March-April last year. It’s during these meetings, KBHA members told investigators, that a bribe of Rs 1 crore was allegedly handed over to Mani to reopen over 400 bars that were declared “substandard” by the government. For the record to the Vigilance Bureau, Mani denied these meetings although when asked about the witness statements, he was ambivalent to The Indian Express.
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