KOCHI: Life Mission CEO UV Jose was questioned for nearly 9 hours by the CBI on Monday. The interrogation, which began at 11 am at the CBI office in Kochi, lasted till evening 8 pm. According to sources, Jose has maintained that the schemes and contracts were prepared by the government while he was only an official who was made responsible for implementing the schemes.

Other senior officers of the Life Mission such as Babukuttan Nair and Ajay Kumar were also present at the CBI office. As per the CBI's demand, Jose presented the copies of six documents relating to the Life Mission project. He was unable to produce the original documents as they were in Vigilance custody. The CBI officials also questioned Wadakkanchery Municipality Secretary Muhammad Anas.