Plea In Kerala High Court Seeks ED Probe Into Alleged Hawala Dealings Of United Nurses Association President During Covid-19 Pandemic

Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas sought instructions from the Public Prosecutor and posted the matter on June 13.

The UNA is an organization that represents nurses, advocating for their rights and development. The petitioner alleges that the 5^th respondent, the President of the UNA, has collected crores of money for transporting stranded nurses to India. It is alleged that although huge amounts of money were collected, but such expenditures had not been incurred.

It is alleged that the 5th respondent was also involved in fraudulent acts for swindling huge amounts of money from the UNA and a crime was also registered against him.

The plea alleges that the 5^th respondent is a close associate of M K Kannan, CPM State Committee member who is under investigation by ED in the Karuvannur Service Co-operative Bank Scam.

The plea claimed that the petitioner submitted requests to the ED for an investigation, but no steps were taken in response. He has thus approached the Court seeking ED investigation and to register an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) against the 5^th respondent and others involved in the alleged hawala deals.

The plea has been moved by Advocates Biju Antony Aloor, K P Prasanth, Haseeb Hassan M, Krishnasankar D, Rebin Vincent Gralan, Asokan K V

Case Title: M R Ajayan v Union of India

Case Number: WPC 18246/2024