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Clean chit for Karunakaran: PTI

T M Somarajan, superintendent of police, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau, Kochi, who led the investigations, said in his report that the charges against Karunakaran, of constructing buildings at Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam and Kozhikkode were not valid as all properties had supporting documents.

The investigation, carried out at the direction of the inquiry commissioner and special judge of Thrissur in 1996 on a complaint lodged by Nawab Rajendran, found that the allegations of purchase of vast real estate at Nedumbassery and Goshree by Karunakaran were not substantiated.

With regard to the allegation of acquisition of shares in Leela Kempinski Ltd, the report stated that the list of shareholders did not contain the names of any close relatives of Karunakaran, as alleged.

As the accused has held public positions in various capacities for 30 years, his perks and other entitlements were calculated and examined by the investigating officers with the help of experts. It was found that the accused could not be said to possess assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, the report said.

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