Days after Enforcement Directorate (ED) took M Sivasankar, former principal secretary to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, into custody, the ED sought information from LIFE Mission CEO, PB Nooh. However, he denied receiving any summons to appear before the agency.
In a tweet, news agency ANI said, "ED seeks information from the CEO of LIFE Mission, PB Nooh in connection with the LIFE Mission scam case. Nooh states that he has furnished all details sought by the ED officials. He has denied receiving any summons to appear before the agency."
On Tuesday, the Kerala assembly proceedings were again disrupted following an ED remand report, containing certain allegations against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, in the Life Mission case being read out in the House by the opposition UDF.
The remand report was read out by Congress MLA Mathew Kuzhalnadan during a discussion of the adjournment notice moved by him regarding the Life Mission case in which the Chief Minister's former principal secretary, M Sivasankar, was facing a probe by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
The ED is investigating the alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution (Regulations) Act in the Life Mission, a flagship housing project of the Left government. Kuzhalnadan contended that according to the report, Sivasankar told the central agency that there was a meeting between him, the Chief Minister, the UAE consul general and Swapna Suresh -- an accused in the gold smuggling through diplomatic bags case.
He further contended that as per the report, Sivasankar has said that he briefed Vijayan after Suresh was appointed to the post of Operations Manager in the Space Park project under the Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Ltd.
(With PTI inputs)