Sandalwood Drug Case: ED takes up investigation against CPI(M) Leader's son

A court in Bengaluru has sent Bineesh Kodiyeri, son of CPI(M) Kerala secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan to the custody of the Enforcement Directorate till November 2. Bineet was arrested by the ED in connection with a money laundering case related to the Bengaluru drugs case.

Bengaluru:Bineesh Kodiyeri, son of CPI(M) Kerala secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and sent to its custody till November 2 by a court in connection with a money laundering case related to the Bengaluru drugs case.

According to the ED, Bineesh Kodiyeri was arrested for the offence of money laundering under Section 19(1) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) on Thursday. The economic offences watchdog said that Mohammed Anoop, a drug peddler arrested by the ED, had during his custodial interrogation inter-alia admitted that he was indulging in sale and purchase of narcotics drugs and was closely associated with Bineesh.

"During the course of the investigation, it is revealed that Mohammed Anoop is a Benamidar of Bineesh and all his financial dealings were done on the instructions of Bineesh who had paid huge amounts of money to Mohammed Anoop," the ED said in a statement.

The ED also said that the probe has revealed Anoop held various bank accounts and indulged in transferring and layering of huge proceeds of crime into several accounts.