On Thursday morning, relatives of actor Bineesh Kodiyeri, son of Communist Party of India (Marxist) secretary of state Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, organized a dharna in front of his residence in Thiruvananthapuram, claiming that his wife and children had been detained by officials of the Department of Education. However, ED sources said they refused to sign the list of documents and materials seized from the home.
The chairman of the state children’s commission arrived at his residence Thursday morning, but was denied permission to meet with Kodiyeri’s wife and children.
A joint ED and Income Tax team searched Kodiyeri’s home and the business establishments of his friends and associates, simultaneously investigating the Bengaluru drug-related money laundering case.
Arrested on October 29, Kodiyeri is in ED custody in Bengaluru. He got into trouble after the accused Bengaluru drug dealer Anoop Mohammad gave a statement to the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), saying that Kodiyeri had helped him a lot in his “business venture”.
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