No finish to Sudhakaran’s woes, now ED enters scene
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Express News Service
KOCHI: Okay Sudhakaran, arraigned by the crime department in a dishonest case involving pretend vintage seller Monson Mavunkal, seems to be in for extra hassle with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) all set to probe the state Congress chief’s function in a cash laundering case by which Monson is an accused.
In 2022, the ED registered a cash laundering case towards Monson primarily based on an FIR filed by the crime department. Monson was accused of dishonest six businessmen from Kozhikode and embezzling Rs 10 crore from them between June 2017 and November 2020. Sudhakaran has been arraigned because the second accused within the case, because the crime department has gathered witness statements indicating he acquired Rs 10 lakh from Monson.
ED will provoke an investigation beneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) towards Sudhakaran primarily based on this data, company officers stated, including they’d deliberate to query Sudhakaran final 12 months, however postponed it to a later stage of the probe.
“We will verify the statements of witnesses, with the crime branch, revealing that Sudhakaran received money from Monson. Such a transaction falls under the purview of the PMLA. We need to investigate the financial transactions between Monson and Sudhakaran,” stated an ED official.
IG, retd DIG additionally named accused
As the crime department investigation is ongoing, there shall be additional delays in sharing statements associated to Sudhakaran. The ED, which is investigating cash laundering costs towards Monson, has collected statements from 28 people up to now. The probe remains to be ongoing because the company makes an attempt to hint the cash path within the case. The ED has recognized 54 financial institution accounts utilized by Monson’s associates for monetary transactions.
The crime department has additionally arraigned IG G Lakshman and retired DIG S Surendran because the third and fourth accused within the case after accumulating proof revealing monetary hyperlinks between these IPS officers and Monson. Additionally, each officers often visited Monson’s home, and the fraudster exploited their shut relationship to deceive the victims. The crime department will quickly query each officers. Lakshman was initially suspected in reference to the pretend vintage rip-off however was reinstated final 12 months.
Meanwhile, three UDF leaders are dealing with ED investigation in numerous instances. The company had not too long ago initiated a probe towards former minister and Congress chief V S Sivakumar. IUML leaders Okay M Shaji and V Okay Ebrahim Kunju are additionally dealing with ED instances. If the ED strikes towards him, Sudhakaran would be the fourth UDF chief to face a probe. Monson is at the moment dealing with trial in a rape case and has 16 instances registered towards him for dishonest and rape.
KOCHI: Okay Sudhakaran, arraigned by the crime department in a dishonest case involving pretend vintage seller Monson Mavunkal, seems to be in for extra hassle with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) all set to probe the state Congress chief’s function in a cash laundering case by which Monson is an accused.
In 2022, the ED registered a cash laundering case towards Monson primarily based on an FIR filed by the crime department. Monson was accused of dishonest six businessmen from Kozhikode and embezzling Rs 10 crore from them between June 2017 and November 2020. Sudhakaran has been arraigned because the second accused within the case, because the crime department has gathered witness statements indicating he acquired Rs 10 lakh from Monson.
ED will provoke an investigation beneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) towards Sudhakaran primarily based on this data, company officers stated, including they’d deliberate to query Sudhakaran final 12 months, however postponed it to a later stage of the probe.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
“We will verify the statements of witnesses, with the crime branch, revealing that Sudhakaran received money from Monson. Such a transaction falls under the purview of the PMLA. We need to investigate the financial transactions between Monson and Sudhakaran,” stated an ED official.
IG, retd DIG additionally named accused
As the crime department investigation is ongoing, there shall be additional delays in sharing statements associated to Sudhakaran. The ED, which is investigating cash laundering costs towards Monson, has collected statements from 28 people up to now. The probe remains to be ongoing because the company makes an attempt to hint the cash path within the case. The ED has recognized 54 financial institution accounts utilized by Monson’s associates for monetary transactions.
The crime department has additionally arraigned IG G Lakshman and retired DIG S Surendran because the third and fourth accused within the case after accumulating proof revealing monetary hyperlinks between these IPS officers and Monson. Additionally, each officers often visited Monson’s home, and the fraudster exploited their shut relationship to deceive the victims. The crime department will quickly query each officers. Lakshman was initially suspected in reference to the pretend vintage rip-off however was reinstated final 12 months.
Meanwhile, three UDF leaders are dealing with ED investigation in numerous instances. The company had not too long ago initiated a probe towards former minister and Congress chief V S Sivakumar. IUML leaders Okay M Shaji and V Okay Ebrahim Kunju are additionally dealing with ED instances. If the ED strikes towards him, Sudhakaran would be the fourth UDF chief to face a probe. Monson is at the moment dealing with trial in a rape case and has 16 instances registered towards him for dishonest and rape.
