Solar scam: Tele actress in custody

In a significant development in the solar panel scam rocking Kerala, police on Friday took into custody dancer and tele serial actress Salu Menon for her alleged links with the prime accused in the case Biju Radhakrishnan. According to police, Salu was picked up from her home at Changanassery near Kottayam and taken to nearby Chengannur for questioning by the special investigation team headed by ADGP Hemachandran.

The scam, pertaining to fraudulent deals running into huge sums pushed by Saritha Nair and accomplice Biju, has brought the office of chief minister Oommen Chandy under a cloud with the arrest of one of his close personal aides.