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) has provisionally attached eight immovable properties worth approximately Rs 67.03 crore that are beneficially owned and controlled by the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) and its political front, the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), in various places in Kerala.
The properties were held in the name of various trusts and that of its political front, the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI).
According to an ED official from the Kozhikode Sub-Zonal Office, the investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) revealed that Thunchath Jewellers, a unit of Accomplish Marketing Private Limited, began its business in Tirur in 2012.
The operation targeted suspects who primarily operated through bar-cum-restaurants owned or controlled by them.
He said the accused claimed to have provided consultancy services in trade financing.
