Kerala High Court Seeks ED Response On Black Money Case Where BJP Leaders Are Under Scanner

The Kerala High Court on Friday sought the response of the Enforcement Directorate on a plea which seeks directions to the central agency to investigate the Kodakara black money case in which certain BJP leaders are allegedly involved.

A single bench of Justice Mary Joseph has directed the ED to submit its response within 10 days. The bench was considering a writ petition filed by one Saleem Madavoor, who alleged that the ED was not taking any action though an economic offence involving crores of money has been detected.

The hawala case came to light after an incident of highway robbery on April 3 at Kodakara in Thrissur district three days ahead of the assembly poll. The police investigation of the money heist revealed that the money involved was approximately Rs 3.5 crores in cash, which was allegedly transported through hawala channels to fund the poll campaign. A special investigation team was constituted to probe the case, which suspected the involvement of BJP leaders in the transaction. The SIT has questioned several district level leaders and state general secretary M Ganeshan and state office secretary G Gireesan.

As per reports, prominent state leaders, including K Surendran, are likely to be summoned by the SIT. Meanwhile, K Surendran denied the involvement of BJP in the case and alleged that the case was fabricated.