Thiruvananthapuram: The Enforcement Directorate’s report against former Keralam Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan seems to be getting murkier as the central agency is learnt to have found documents pertaining to transactio…

Thiruvananthapuram: The Enforcement Directorate’s report against former Keralam Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan seems to be getting murkier as the central agency is learnt to have found documents pertaining to transactions of over Rs 20 crore.Meanwhile, VIjayan’s son-in-law and former minister Mohammed Riyas alleged that the ED threatened one of his friends to give statements against him.’Shameful narrative’: Pinarayi Vijayan rejects Rs 3.28 cr bribery claim as Kerala govt awaits legal opinion on ED reportAccording to sources, in the report sent to Kerala police seeking the filing of a corruption case against Vijayan, his daughter Veena T and her husband Riyas, ED mentions that the documents recovered from Veena revealed details of transactions of over Rs 20 crore.The handwritten notes mentions  transactions, including the funds sent to Dubai through Riyas’ associates. The ED also found evidence of sending money through hawala channels.ED letter for FIR against Pinarayi Vijayan will be legally scrutinised: Keralam CM V D SatheesanED had also said in the report that Rs 3.28 crore received by Veena from mining firm Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited were bribes received by Vijayan.According to the ED report, some associates of Riyas had given statements admitting the illegal transactions.Meanwhile, Riyas alleged that the ED had threatened his friend Hassan Varris to give statements against him. The ED threatened Varris that his daughter would be implicated in a case. Hence he was forced to give a statement as per ED’s interest, he said.Varris also said that he had given an application to the ED to withdraw his earlier statement.Meanwhile, the state government’s decision on filing corruption cases against Vijayan and others was still pending as the legal advice was not received.Government sources said that the government is all likely to register the case as the ED had sent the letter as per the provision of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and solid evidence that prima facie substantiate the allegations were also provided.Vijayan as well as CPI(M) leadership had already alleged that the ED allegations were politically motivated.

Source: Deccan Herald