Nadia betel nut trader’s premises raided by ED, business documents scrutinised
Two ED teams, escorted by CAPF personnel, arrived in a convoy of five vehicles and launched coordinated search operations.
Two ED teams, escorted by CAPF personnel, arrived in a convoy of five vehicles and launched coordinated search operations.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is set to expand its investigation into the CMRL-Exalogic financial transactions case to include PA Mohammed Riyas, a former minister and husband of Veena T (Veena Vijayan), daughter of former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
In an unusual move, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has approached the Kerala High Court challenging the Thiruvananthapuram Sessions Court's order granting bail to SFI leader Harish Kumar, the ninth accused in the case relating to the attack on ED officials following a raid at former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's rented residence in Thiruvananthapuram.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) broadened the scope of its probe into the CMRL payoff case to investigate if the first Pinarayi Vijayan government granted favours in exchange for payments to Exalogic Solutions, the company owned by the former CM’s daughter.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) interrogated T. Veena (Veena Vijayan, daughter of former Kerala Chief Minister) for a second time on Thursday at its Kochi zonal office.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday explained the basis of its searches at the residence and office of Pratik Jain, director of political consultancy firm Indian PAC Consulting Private Limited (I-PAC), linking the operation to its ongoing investigation into the multi-crore coal smuggling case in West Bengal.
The firm involved in excavation work at the Deocha-Pachami coal mining project in Birbhum district has figured in the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) charge sheet in connection with the sand smuggling case.
The petition has been admitted by the single-judge Bench of Justice Suvra Ghosh, the same bench was approached by the ED earlier today.
In a statement shared via his WhatsApp channel, Yadav questioned the timing of the investigative agency's move, noting that it occurred just as the state prepares to enter a high-stakes electoral cycle.
Mehbooba contended that when “attempts at EVM manipulation and voter roll tampering under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) fail, Central agencies are used as tools of intimidation”.
