A contractor associated with a controversial UAE agency-funded housing scheme of Kerala has been arrested by the Customs in connection with a case involving dollar-smuggling-accused former employees of the UAE consulate in Kerala and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's former Principal Secretary M Sivasankar.
Santosh Eapen, Managing Director of Unitac Builders, was arrested by the Customs on Tuesday.
The case is related to the smuggling of $1,90,000 (around Rs 1.3 crore) by a consulate official, Egyptian national Khaled Mohamed Ali Shoukry.
It was suspected to be the commission set aside for the housing project for the homeless funded by UAE's Red Crescent under the Kerala government's flagship project LIFE Mission.
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