KANNUR: In the Vigilance case against Azhikode MLA K M Shaji, FIR is likely to be filed on Saturday. The Vigilance had initiated the procedures for filing the FIR as soon as it received the government nod for the investigation. All procedures in the last phase and the perusal of the FIR by legal advisors will be complete by today.

The case will be investigated by a team led by Vigilance Kannur DySP V Madhusoodanan. Kozhikode Vigilance Range SP P C Sajeevan will oversee the case.

Meanwhile, Muslim League and the UDF are getting ready to face the case politically.

The UDF leaders said the order for Vigilance probe showed the chief minister’s intolerance as he was getting isolated in Sprinklr controversy. But, the government is sticking to the stand that the nod for the Vigilance probe was not any outcome of political vengeance.

Much earlier, the Vigilance had started the preliminary probe after receiving a complaint that the MLA had taken Rs 25 lakh bribe for getting the Plus Two course sanctioned for Azhikode School.