Dramatic scenes outside Bineesh’s house as ED raid enters Day2

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 5 : As Enforcement Directorate officials from Bengaluru continued searches for the second day on Thursday at Bineesh Kodiyeri’s residence here in connection with drugs-related money laundering case, close relatives sat in protest outside demanding permission to meet the family.
Bineesh is Kerala CPI-M secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan son, and the family lives together.
The group of relatives, including two women, wanted to be allowed in the house and meet the family, who have not stepped out since Wednesday morning, when the raid began.
A woman, claiming to be the sister of Balakrishnan’s wife, told the media that their only request was that one of them be allowed to meet the family.
“We are sending food to them and it is now beyond 24 hours since the raid began. We want to know if the food is being eaten by our relatives or is it being consumed by the ED team. We will not go from here until our request is met,” said the sister of Balakrishnan’s wife. Inside the house are the wife of Bineesh, their three-year-old child and her parents.
Following the commotion, top Kerala Police officials arrived at the spot and after talks with the ED officials, they came and told the protesting relatives that those inside the house said ‘they do not wish to see anyone’.