Kochi, Thursday, June 23, 2011: The Kerala High Court has today rejected the plea filed by former Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan’s son, VA Arun Kumar seeking cancellation of the Vigilance probe ordered against him.

The Congress-led UDF government in Kerala had earlier ordered a vigilance inquiry into various allegations of corruption and irregularities against Arun Kumar.

The probe by Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) would focus on various charges leveled against Kumar when the UDF was in Opposition including his foreign trips as a director of the state-run Institute of Human Resource Development.