BENGALURU: The Enforcement Directorate arrested Bineesh Kodiyeri, son of CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, in the Bengaluru drug case. He was arrested after an hour of taking him into custody.

They said Bineesh was arrested under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and the agency wants to put him through custodial interrogation for "financing a drugs network".

The agency later produced him before a local court that is stated to have sent him to four days' ED custody, they added.

The ED questioned him in the morning and it was the second time he was grilled. He appeared at the zonal office of the ED in Shanthi Nagar where he appeared for interrogation for the first time. Bineesh who reached the office at 10 am was taken into custody at 2.15 pm.

When he was questioned the last time, it was revealed that majority of those who lent money to Anoop Muhammed, have close links with Bineesh. Soon after ED started probe on the money transactions in Bengaluru drug case, many including Anoop Muhameed lodged in Parapppan Agrahara Jail were questioned.

The probe moved on to Bineesh based on the statement of Anoop. Anoop told ED that he had borrowed money from Bineesh many times. They are questioning him to know the source of this money and the details of other financial transactions. The ED is probing the illegal financial and hawala dealings of the Bengaluru drug case registered by narcotics control bureau and drug dealing case of Kannada film industry investigating by the central crime branch.