KOCHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet against M Sivasankar, former principal secretary to the chief minister, in the money laundering case. This is the second charge sheet filed in the case. The charge sheet prepared in three parts have more than thousand pages. As the charge sheet was filed before completing 60 days of arresting him, the chances of getting natural bail have ended. He will complete 60 days of arrest on Tuesday. He is still in remand.

In the meanwhile, the ED has started taking steps to attach his assets in the money laundering case. The ED had the other day ordered to attach his assets. As part of the act, one crore 80 lakh recovered from Swapna’s bank locker and Sandeep Nair’s account have been attached. The ED’s finding is that this money was paid as commission to M Sivasankar in Life Mission Project. Steps to attach other properties have also started.