KOCHI: There is a Kuwait-based Malayali NRI with dual citizenship, who played the pivotal role in the nursing recruitment scam in Kerala, according to reliable sources. He is said to have taken the whole contract for nursing recruitment from Kuwait Health ministry and awarded it to subcontractors after taking hefty sums as commission.
The CBI stand is that it need not drag the NRI, who has a strong influence on Kuwait administrators and bigwigs, into the case. Earlier, it was reported that a Malayali NRI was doing all help to Uthup Varghese and that NRI turns out to be this same person.
The NRI who settled in Kuwait years ago has the citizenship of that country and also a good influence on the Kuwait health ministry. At present only his company has permission for carrying out nursing recruitments in Kuwait and it is he who has given subcontracts to companies such as Al Zarafa, Mathew International, J K International and Pan Asia at a commission of crores of rupees. In order to make up for this cost, subcontractors or agencies charge Rs 19-25 lakh from each candidate, amounting to a scam of over Rs 400 crore. His agency is also making recruitments in Kerala under another name.
Meanwhile, Uthup Varghese who was in Kuwait has reportedly fled to Abudabhi. Certain Malayali candidates have secretly informed that Varghese had been hanging around at the Kuwait health ministry office till the last week.
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