Raveendran suffering from severe fatigue, will not appear before ED tommorrow

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: C M Raveendran, additional private secretary of chief minister will not appear before enforcement directorate on Thursday also. Sources say that he will continue in hospital. Sources close to him say that he is suffering from severe fatigue and other related physical problems. Doctors have directed him to take an MRI scan of his brain. Decision on his discharge will be taken only after this.

CPM state leadership has asked CM Raveendran, who is continuing in hospital despite after covering from covid 19, to appear before the investigation agencies for interrogation. On the basis of the party’s direction, he had left the hospital and continued treatment at home but his health condition deteriorated on Tuesday, following which he was again admitted in hospital. He is currently admitted in Thiruvananthapuram seeking treatment for citing post covid syndrome.

An ED team has conducted probe on different institutions where CM Raveendran has direct links. The assets of all his relatives had been scanned by probe officials. Meanwhile, when new controversies are erupting in the state over gold smuggling case, the uncertainty looming over Raveendran’s interrogation is another shot in the government’s arm.

ED decided to question CM Raveendran on the basis of Sivasankar’s testimony. Various transactions between Raveendran and Sivasankar for various government programmes have been under the shade of suspicion.