Thiruvananthapuram:
Bineesh Kodiyeri, son of CPI(M) Kerala State Secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan who was issued summons for early Wednesday by the Enforcement Directorate, was questioned for nearly 11 hours in connection to the Kerala gold smuggling case on the company’s Kochi workplace.
In keeping with sources, Bineesh was questioned about his companies and purported calls to an accused within the Bengaluru drug trafficking case, Mohammed Anoop.
The Enforcement Directorate suspects that the accused within the Bengaluru medication case have hyperlinks to the gold smuggling case in Kerala after part of the narcotics (marijuana) seized was traced to Kerala.
The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday, whereas in search of extension of remand of the accused within the case of gold smuggling via diplomatic channel in Kerala, instructed the court docket, “Additional Investigation revealed that the accused within the Bangalore drug trafficking case registered by the Narcotics Management Bureau are suspected to have assisted the accused within the gold smuggling case.”
“NCB Bangalore has been requested to share particulars of the case (with the Enforcement Directorate). One of many excessive profile individuals alleged to be related to the case is being interrogated,” Wednesday’s submission learn.
Bineesh had earlier instructed the media that he knew Anoop, one of many accused within the Bengaluru drug case, from years in the past however didn’t learn about his alleged drug trafficking connections.
The gold smuggling case in Kerala entails 30kgs of gold smuggled from UAE to Thiruvananthapuram via diplomatic channels. A former Principal Secretary to Kerala Chief Minister had been suspended from the providers over his alleged hyperlinks to the accused.
