Lakshadweep, 12/7: Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal has found himself in trouble as the CBI booked him and others for causing a loss of around Rs 9 crore to the island’s “poor” fishermen and a cooperative federation by promising a higher rate for exporting dry tuna fish to a Sri Lankan company represented by his nephew.
The CBI registered a case invoking sections of cheating and criminal conspiracy as well as the Prevention of Corruption Act on Monday against NCP MP Faizal, his nephew Mohammed Abdul Razik Thangal, Lakshadweep Cooperative Marketing Federation Ltd (LCMF) Managing Director MP Anwar and Colombo-based SRT General Merchants Importers and Exporters.
Searches were also conducted on Tuesday at the MP’s residence in Delhi and other locations