Thiruvananthapuram: Former Kerala minister and film actor K B Ganesh Kumar, MLA, has landed in trouble with a Vigilance Court here issuing a notice to him for illegal possession of a jumbo which he had bought from Forest Department 20 years ago to offer the animal to a temple. Judge John K Illikadan served the notice yesterday on a complaint filed by one C P Sasidharan.

The complainant alleged that Kumar, who represents Pathanapuram constituency in the Assembly, had bought a seven-year-old male elephant from the department-owned jumbo shelter in 1994 on the pretext of donating it to Kavilamma Bhagavathy Temple.