KOCHI: Chief Minister's Additional Private Secretary CM Raveendran was released after 12 hours of interrogation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday night. He was questioned for fourteen hours on Thursday. Raveendran was questioned In connection with the money laundering deals with the accused in the gold smuggling case

Raveendran reiterated that he has no connection with money laundering and gold smuggling. However, the ED said that Raveendran's response to questions regarding his property on the basis of the report issued by the Registration Department was vague. Many questions were not answered.