Two years after the demolition of the apartment complexes at Maradu, the investigations by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Crime Branch into the alleged illegal nexus between the builders, the civic authorities and government officials in permitting the construction of the illegal apartments are yet to reach a logical conclusion.
The four apartment complexes that came up in violation of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) rules were pulled down in January 2020 after the Supreme Court rejected the plea of the builders. The Crime Branch had also arrested the builders and some government officials, and cases were registered against them.
The Supreme Court had in May this year asked Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan, former Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, to inquire about the “involvement of the builder/promoter/persons/officials responsible for the illegal construction of the buildings”.
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