Kochi, March 18 -- The key accused in the corporate social responsibility (CSR ) fund case collected over Rs.281 crore from over 49,000 people promising them two wheelers at half price but fulfilled the promise to only one third of them, Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Monday.

Vijayan reported the findings of the ongoing Crime Branch probe into the scam during the Assembly's question hour in response to questions lodged by assembly member Murali Perunelly. He added that 1,343 FIRs had been lodged in various police stations across the state till March 12, of which 665 cases have been transferred to the Crime Branch division.

"As per the findings from the 386 cases probed so far, the accused collected Rs.281.43 crore from 4...