Kochi: The finger itself has raised a finger at the Enforcement Directorate exposing corruption, illegal assets and scams. Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau in Kerala has registered a case accusing an ED officer of corruption. The ED officer is accused of taking a bribe of two crore rupees.
The Kerala Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau has registered a case against a senior officer of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for corruption. The officer affiliated to the Kochi unit of the central agency has been accused in the corruption case based on the complaint of a businessman. In such a situation, the ED, which conducts raids to investigate scams itself, is a big question on the same officer of corruption.
Three people, including chartered accountants in the case, have already been arrested. These people had sought a bribe of two crore rupees for not making the businessman an accused in the ED case. According to the report submitted by VACB in the court, ED officials are the main accused in this case. A senior VACB official said the other accused were arrested on Friday while the CA in Kochi was arrested on Saturday.
VACB Superintendent of Ernakulam S Shasidharan said that a detailed investigation is going on in the case and a case has been registered against the ED officer on the basis of the statement of the complainant. He said that the accused ED officer is yet to be arrested. The complainant has also registered the name of the ED officer in the complaint. Therefore, the ED officer has been named as the main accused in the FIR.
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The case is to be investigated in detail and more things are to be confirmed from this aspect. The official said that if there is a clear comment against anyone in the complaint, then the person will be accused in the case. He further said that not much information can be given in this matter as investigation is going on.