Land grab: Vigilance registers case against Oommen Chandy

The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau in Kerala today registered a case against former chief minister Oommen Chandy, retired top bureaucrat E K Bharat Bhushan and three others in a land grab case.

The other accused in the 'Pattoor land case' are two employees of Kerala Water Authority and a prominent builder.

The Anti-corruption watchdog filed the FIR in the vigilance court arraigning the five persons, vigilance sources said.

Chandy is the fourth accused in the case.

Vigilance had conducted a "quick verification" in December 2015 on a complaint by then Opposition leader, V S Achuthanandan, who had alleged that the previous Congress-led UDF government led by Chandy had violated norms in allowing a private company to construct flats in the land owned by government at Pattoor in the capital city here.