Bengaluru(Karnataka): The Enforcement Directorate has summoned the friends of Bineesh Kodiyeri, son of Kerala CPI (M) State Secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, in money laundering case.
The NCB had earlier detained Anika and her friends in the Sandalwood drug case and later Mohammod Anoop was also arrested by the officials.
Mohammed Anoop, in his statement to the ED, which has been probing the finances of the arrested peddlers, had said Bineesh had lent him ₹50 lakh to start a business in Bengaluru. This prompted ED officials to summon him for questioning.
According to the ED Sources, if the friends of Bineesh refused or failed to appear before the directorate, they might be arrested.
Earlier, the Enforcement Directorate had arrested Bineesh Kodiyeri, from Bengaluru in a money laundering case related to drugs seizure.
In a press release, the central probe agency said Bineesh was arrested under relevant sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and the agency wants to put him through custodial interrogation for "financing a drugs network".
The ED probe stems from a case being investigated by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) claiming to have busted an ecstasy pills drug trafficking racket.
