CPI(M) to stage stir towards BJP over 2021 Kodakara heist case

Mar 28, 2025 08:26 AM IST
The march could be inaugurated by the social gathering’s politburo member A Vijayaraghavan at 10 am in entrance of the central company’s workplace in Kochi tomorrow, the social gathering mentioned in an announcement.
The CPI(M) mentioned that it could take out a march to the workplace of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in Kochi on Friday to register its protest towards the company’s alleged clear chit to Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) leaders within the 2021 Kodakara cash heist case.
The march could be inaugurated by the social gathering’s politburo member A Vijayaraghavan at 10 am in entrance of the central company’s workplace in Kochi tomorrow, the social gathering mentioned in an announcement.
CPI(M) state secretary MV Govindan mentioned: “The social gathering would use political and authorized means on the state and nationwide ranges to reveal the Union authorities’s use of the ED to focus on political rivals and assist out leaders of the BJP concerned in cash laundering instances.”
The ED earlier this week submitted a prosecution grievance in a particular courtroom in Kochi within the 2021 Kodakara case during which ₹3.56 crore and a automotive had been stolen by a gang at Kodakara in Thrissur district. The state police, which initially probed the case, acknowledged that the cash, stolen on April 3, 2021 within the run-up to the meeting elections that 12 months, was half of a bigger tranche of cash illegally introduced into the state from Karnataka for the election bills of the BJP.
The police had arrested round 22 folks and questioned a number of leaders together with then president Ok Surendran. Nonetheless, the ED has reportedly instructed the courtroom that the cash was being shifted by one Dharmaraj in reference to the acquisition of a resort in Alappuzha. The company additionally named 23 folks as accused within the grievance.
Govindan alleged that the ED had not questioned then BJP workplace secretary T Satheesh who had deposed to the police concerning the hawala transactions.
“It’s clear that the ED sabotaged the Kodakara hawala case. The grievance filed by the company in courtroom is proof of how a case will be scientifically eradicated. The grievance underscores the overall opinion of the company immediately. It made political interventions to assist the BJP and put together a grievance in its favour in courtroom,” Govindan mentioned.
