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Graft complaint against Minister's gunman

By Our Staff Reporter

KOLLAM, JAN. 17. The Chairman of the Kollam-based C.H. Mohammed Koya Memorial Educational and Charitable Trust, Abdul Karim, has alleged that the gunman of a Minister had demanded Rs. 15 lakhs for getting a `no-objection certificate' (NOC) for a B.Ed. college.

At a press conference here today, Mr. Karim said that after submitting an application for a B.Ed. college, he had constructed a building by investing more than Rs. 30 lakhs. However, later the "gunman of the Industries Minister, P.K. Kunhalikutty, approached me and demanded Rs. 15 lakhs for the NOC''. According to Mr. Karim, the same man then said that the NOC could be made available for Rs. 12 lakhs. Mr. Karim said that he had refused to pay the money.

However, when the list of colleges that were granted NOC in Kollam district was published, his college was not on the list. He alleged that all the six colleges granted NOC in the district did not meet most of the mandatory stipulations.

In a submission to the Chief Minister, A.K. Antony, today he said that one of the colleges that was granted NOC was actually an old cashew factory, another was a garage and yet another was a building that had earlier housed a lower primary school.

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