Villa project in Munnar to launder black money; ED files two charge sheets against Popular Front leaders

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will probe the role of Popular Front leaders in the money laundering. The ED has filed two charge sheets against the leaders. The first charge sheet is against PFI leaders Ashraf Qadir and Abdul Razak Peediaikal in the Munnar Villa Project.
The charge sheet stated that Ashraf Qadir and Abdul Razzaq developed the Munnar Villa Project in association with other leaders of the PFI and foreign entities to launder black money.

Abdul Razak was also the division president of Popular Front in Malappuram Perumbadappu. ED’sa charge sheet mentioned that Ashraf Qadir, a member of the PFI's state executive committee, was the owner of Darbar Restaurant, which operated as a money-laundering hub in Abu Dhabi.

ED filed the second charge sheet in the case involving journalist Siddique Kappan. A case was earlier filed against the office-bearers of Popular Front's student organization Campus Front of India and Siddique Kappan, alleging that they aimed to create communal riots after the Hathras incident in February 2021. A case of money laundering was also filed against the accused.