Kerala: Inquiry over forest staff manipulating deer number at Kodanad to divert feed fund
7 months ago

Kerala: Inquiry over forest staff manipulating deer number at Kodanad to divert feed fund

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: The vigilance and anti-corruption bureau has launched a probe into forest department officials misappropriating funds meant for feed procurement by manipulating records related to the number of deer at the Kodanad mini zoo. Finding themselves at the wrong end of the vigilance case are A S Vinayan, a former section officer with the Kodanad Research Range, former forest beat officers Haseena T A and C R Aliyar, and zookeepers Varghese and Saji Gopinath, who are temporary staff. “An internal probe by the forest department revealed that the number of deer was much lower than what was shown in the manipulated records. The exact loss incurred by the state exchequer has to be verified,” a vigilance officer said.The case was registered following a forest department recommendation.

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