BENGALURU: The Enforcement Directorate is grilling Bineesh Kodiyeri, arrested on charges of funding a drug racket in Bengaluru, at their headquarters in Shanthi Nagar. He was brought to the office this morning for interrogation. He was housed at the police station nearby yesterday. The ED will seek details on the money that came to Muhammed Anoop’s account and about the companies Bineesh started in Bengaluru. Meantime, Bineesh has filed a bail plea in the court. The NCB who first registered the drug case will seek details from the ED.

The enforcement’s finding is that Bineesh who started the companies as Anoop as benami has laundered black money under the cover of business. The ED has registered a case against Bineesh under sections 4 and 5 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Bineesh has been charged with non-bailable offenses.

The ED has found that money flowed to Anoop’s account from various accounts. Many of these accounts are inactive now. Anoop’s Shell Companies are also under scanner. The ED will inquire why he started B Capital in 2015 and AVJ Hospitalities. They will mainly probe whether he started the paper companies for drug business.

The company B Capital registered at Dooravani in Bengaluru in 2015 was shut down in 2018. He started AVJ Hospitalities at Kammanahalli in February 2020. It was later shut down in May.