Following the Kollam Vigilance court’s order directing the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case to hand over all documents related to the case including the FIR, remand reports and other connected records to the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the Central agency has begun the process of probing the alleged money-laundering aspects linked to the Sabarimala gold theft.
The Kochi unit of the ED has written to ED Directorate in Delhi seeking permission to register an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR)in Sabarimala gold robbery. It is expected that the required nod would be received by Monday. If permission is granted, the ECIR will be registered on Monday or Tuesday. As a first step, the ED has decided to record the statements of the accused in the case who are now in jail.