Thrissur, June 27: Enquiry commissioner and special judge (vigilance) today directed the vigilance director to register a case against Kerala tourism and fisheries minister, K V Thomas, within 15 days in a disproportionate assets case.
The direction was issued by special judge, S Sathinathan, on a complaint filed by one Biju Valluvanadan, of Kochi in June last alleging that Thomas had amassed wealth beyond his known sources of income as a public servant during the past 23 years.
According to the complainant, the minister had amassed about Rs 25 crore in a short span of his political life, while his known sources of income would be below Rs 20 lakh.
It was also alleged that Thomas had celebrated his daughter's wedding in a grand manner by giving her in dowry gold ornaments weighing about 450 sovereigns, Rs 25 lakh in cash besides a car worth Rs 7.5 lakh.

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