Thrissur, July 14 (IANS) In an unprecedented development in the history of Kerala’s local self-government, jailed BJP leader R. Sugathan, elected as a councillor to the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, was sworn into office inside the Viyyur Central Prison on Tuesday after the Kerala High Court permitted the oath-taking ceremony to be conducted in jail.The brief but historic ceremony was held at around 11 a.m. in the prison’s library hall and lasted less than three minutes.The oath was read out b…
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Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 23 (IANS) The Kerala government on Tuesday suspended Jail Deputy Inspector General (DIG) M.K. Vinod Kumar, who is facing a vigilance case over allegations of bribery and the accumulation of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.The suspension comes four days after the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) submitted a detailed report against the senior prison official, amid mounting criticism over the delay in initiating disciplinary action.The VACB …