KOCHI: Bineesh Kodiyeri, son of CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, appeared at the enforcement directorate office in Kochi for interrogation. He was asked to appear at 11 am but appeared one and half hours earlier. He refused to reply to the media.

He will be interrogated to check whether the case related to the seizure of drugs in Bengaluru has any links with gold smuggling scandal probed by the enforcement directorate in Kerala. It was asserted that Bineesh has a stake in two companies registered after 2015, but they are now inactive. Enforcement is investigating whether these were started for illegal dealings. The accounts of the companies were not submitted. The license of the companies got cancelled. What was the aim of the companies which were under suspicion, what all transactions were made under the cover of these companies, the enforcement wants clarity on all these.

Anoop Muhammad, arrested in Bengaluru drug case in his statement had mentioned the name of Bineesh Kodiyeri. He had stated that he got financial help from Bineesh. The youth league and the BJP had demanded a probe against Bineesh.