ED grills former Kerala minister in money laundering case

Former minister VK Ebrahim Kunju was summoned to the ED office in Kochi and interrogated in connection with the case. A case was charged based on a complaint from a person hailing from Kochi. The ED has launched an investigation into the case.

Kochi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials questioned former State Minister and Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leader V K Ebrahim Kunju in connection with a money laundering case on Wednesday.

Ebrahim Kunju was summoned to the ED office in Kochi and interrogated in connection with the case. A case was charged based on a complaint from a person hailing from Kochi. The ED has launched an investigation into the case.

The Kerala high court had allowed the Enforcement Directorate to continue investigations on all the allegations against VK Ebrahim Kunju. The high court had ordered investigations based on the pleas alleging Ebrahim Kunju's involvement in money laundering activities during demonetisation, using his administrative role in a regional newspaper. There were also pleas seeking an order to investigate his asset holdings.

The State Vigilance department will also co-operate with the ED in the investigations. The court had directed the vigilance department to hand over all documents pertaining to the cases to the ED.

The ED officials had recorded the statements of Girish Babu, the petitioner. Later, Ebrahim Kunju was directly summoned by the ED for interrogation on Wednesday.