Kasargod: The Central University of Kerala (CUK) campuses, and the residences of senior varsity officials were raided by a  six-member Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team on Thursday as a part of a probe into allegations of financial irregularities. The CUK has been facing charges of financial irregularities in the temporary recruitment of security personnel, purchase of furniture, and discrepancies in paying rent for the campuses at Padannakkad and Vidyanagar.

The CBI alleged that the Finance Department of the university had been clearing the bills submitted by the security agency for the past few years without any verification.

There was mismatch in the number of security personnel deployed at the university office in Thiruvananthapuram, guest house at Padannakkad, and the boys’ hostel.
The team, led by Deputy Superintendent of Police (Dy.SP) Ramadevan reached the CUK’s Periye campus in the morning and examined files and then searched house of University Joint Registrar S. Gopinath here and the residence of Assistant Registrar (Finance) K Rajeevan at Vadakara.

The CBI on Thursday filed an FIR before a CBI special court here against two persons in the case relating to corruption in outsourcing security services in the offices of the CUK.