Kerala and CBI are together investigating the Life Mission project. The Kerala High Court on Tuesday filed an interim stay on the CBI inquiry against the Chief Executive Officer of the Life Mission, a housing scheme for the poor by the Kerala government. The order was announced after considering the plea of the state government against the probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) violations. The CBI will probe if the Kerala government violated the FCRA rule by accepting foreign funds for its projects without approval from the Union government.
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The rule is confirmed for the next two months. However, the court did not quash the FIR filed by CBI in the alleged discrepancies of awarding the contract for the construction of houses under the Life Mission project. Reportedly, the court also did not stay the investigation against the Managing Director of Unitac Builders and Developers, the builder of the apartments for Life Mission project and the first accused in the case.
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The stay is only on the inquiry against Life Mission CEO UV Jose. CBI started the probe into the alleged discrepancies related to the construction of a housing complex in Thrissur’s Wadakanchery for those who lost their houses in the Kerala floods. United Arab Emirates (UAE) based non-governmental organization Red Crescent had signed an agreement with the Life Mission CEO UV Jose, sponsoring the project for Rs 20 crore, in 2019.
