Palarivattom Flyover Scam

[5] According to the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB), the RBDCK officials released an advance amount of Rs 8.25 crore to the builder in violation of norms.

[8] The remand report submitted by the investigation officer on August 30, 2019, also states that ‘there is every reason to believe that all the accused persons gained undue pecuniary advantage in the work of the flyover which is a sub standard one".

[8] Sumeet Goyal, the first accused and contractor had misappropriated the ‘mobilization advance’ fund amount of Rs 8.25 crore to meet his personal financial crisis.

[8] The technical report prepared by RBDCK lacked certain necessary documents, and the third accused Benny Paul, who is the joint general manager of KITCO, did not reject the project proposal.

[6] On 5 February 2020, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan had granted permission to prosecute former PWD minister and Muslim League leader VK Ebrahim Kunju MLA in the Palarivattom flyover scam.

[16][17] A Ashok Kumar, the former investigating officer of the case and the Vigilance Ernakulam unit DySP along with Fort SHO K K Sheri was suspended.

Filmmaker K G George, made this political satire, one of the best in Malayalam cinema, on a theme that involves the destruction of a bridge, shortly after its inauguration.

[28] As a metaphor for endemic corruption, the collapse of Palarivattom flyover invited close comparisons with Panchavadi Palam in Kerala's public sphere.

[29][30] In a serious remark, the Kerala High Court referred the badly constructed Palarivattom flyover to popular Malayalam film "Panchavadi Palam".

[31] The film appears to have turned true in the case of the Palarivattom flyover, the court observed, indicating the deal among politicians, bureaucracy and contractor.