Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 3 : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has asked the Kerala Registration Department to give it the list of properties owned by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s close aide C.M. Ravindran.
Ravindran, in the past one month, has been ducking making an appearance before the ED for questioning.
A day after he was served the first notice, he tested Covid positive and later after his isolation period was over, when a second notice was served, he was hospitalised for breathing problems. Since then, he has been discharged.
The first notice was served after gold smuggling case prime accused Swapna Suresh’s alleged links with Ravindran surfaced.
Posted as an Assistant Private Secretary to the Chief Minister, Ravindran is a CPI-M nominee. Even Vijayan has acknowledged that Ravindran is known to him for several years.
He was reportedly posted in the office of Vijayan by-passing rules with regards to educational qualifications and also age.
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