KOCHI: Former minister and CPM leader A C Moideen has informed his inconvenience to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) tomorrow in the Karuvannur bank fraud case. He has informed to appear on another day. The ED issued a notice through speed post asking him to appear before them for a detailed interrogation on August 25.

Meantime, the benami clients appeared before the ED office for interrogation. Karuvannur Bank former manager Biju Karim, P P Kiran and Anil Seth appeared before the ED.

The ED's investigation into Moideen has put the CPM in more trouble. One of the main reasons is that the ED will conduct a raid only if there is evidence. It was found that the Karuvannur fraud was from 2012 to 2019. Moideen was the district secretary of the party when the irregularities were noticed. A complaint was made to the then leadership about the fraud, but it was not taken seriously.

Later, a two-member investigation team reported that there had been serious irregularities, but it did not surface. Senior leaders of the district complained to the state leadership but no action was taken. Despite this complaint being raised while he was a minister, Moideen came for the inauguration of the super market of Biju Karim and C K Jils. Moideen's explanation was that he came for the inauguration as a representative of the people and that his relatives are not involved in the bank irregularities.