Kochi: Vigilance has arrested former minister Ibrahim Kunju in the Palarivattom bridge scam case. A team of vigilantes had reached Ibrahimkunju’s house in Aluva to make an arrest. A team of 10 led by the DYSP reached Ibrahim Kunju’s house. The team arrived from Thiruvananthapuram. It is alleged that when the group arrived there, Ibrahim Kunju’s wife was alone at home. Investigators entered Ibrahim Kunju’s house only after the women police arrived as only his wife was at home.
However, the relatives told the officials that Ibrahim Kunju was not at home and was being treated at a private hospital in Kochi. Vigilance went to the hospital in search of Ibrahim Kunju and arrested him. Vigilance added Ibrahim Kunju based on the statement of former public works secretary TO Sooraj, who was arrested in the Palarivattom bridge scam case.
