CBI raids Indian Maritime University

CHENNAI: Central Bureau of Investigation ( CBI) sleuths on Thursday swooped down on the Indian Maritime University ( IMU) here and carried out search operations following complaints of misappropriation of funds.

The CBI team also raided the residence of IMU Vice Chancellor P. Vijayan.

A central university, the IMU has eight departments namely port management, nautical science, marine engineering, transport and logistics, marine sciences, maritime law, naval architecture and ship building, inland water transport.

A first of its kind in the country, IMU is a teaching and affiliating university offering degree, post graduate degree and research programmes.