KOCHI: The Karuvannur Bank money laundering case investigation is moving towards the top guns. The Enforcement Directorate has sent a notice to CPM Thrissur District Secretary MM Varghese in connection with the case. In the notice, he is directed to appear in Kochi office on November 25. The questioning is due to the granting of benami loans worth crores. The ED had stated in the first phase charge sheet that there was high involvement in the case.

The charge sheet has included 55 accused in the case. Earlier, the ED had also questioned CPM state committee members MK Kannan, AC Moidheen in connection with the case.

At the same time, the High Court had directed the bank authorities and the ED to issue a notice to the Karuvannur Bank on a petition alleging that the documents was not returned despite the repayment of the land mortgage loan. The petitioner is Francis, a resident of Karalam, Thrissur. When he asked for the return of documents, the bank officials replied that it was in the custody of the ED.

Subsequently, the petition was filed with the ED as the opposite party. The petitioner took two loans from Karuvannur Bank by mortgaging the land of fifty cents. Both were closed last December. Justice Satish Nainan's bench will consider the plea for an order to return the documents again.