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Multiple central agencies are expected to join the investigation into the alleged money laundering and financial irregularities
The money laundering case against Babu is based on five FIRs registered by the Crime Branch and Kottarakara Police against him and his parents.
The central agency stated that the action was initiated in a suo motu case registered in 2022.
The police investigation had revealed that ₹3.5 crore was transported to Thrissur from Karnataka for the BJP’s election campaign during the assembly polls.
The CID probe, ordered on Monday night, was cancelled on Wednesday in the Ranya Rao gold smuggling case.
The Kerala police arrested Lithuanian national Aleksej Besciokov, who was wanted by the United States on a number of charges, from a homestay at the coastal town of Varkala
Officials told PTI that he was arrested when he was allegedly plotting to flee from the country.
The ED handed over the money retrieved from the accused to the victims at a media conference in its office.
Muvattupuzha Magistrate Court rejected the bail application of Ananthu Krishnan, the main accused in the case.
The money laundering case stems from an FIR filed by the Kerala Police Crime Branch regarding the 'non-repayment' of a loan amounting to QAR 30,643,204 (approximately Rs 61.3 crore) from the United Bank Limited in Qatar.
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