P.K. Biju, former Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] MP from Alathur, appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probing the Karuvannur Service Cooperative Bank money-laundering case here on April 4 (Thursday).
A member of the State secretariat of the CPI(M), Mr. Biju is the third prominent leader of the CPI(M), after former Minister A.C. Moideen and State committee member M.K. Kannan, to be questioned in the multi-crore loan scam.
Mr. Biju, who appeared for questioning at the Kochi office of the agency, said it was for the first time that he had received a notice from the ED in connection with the case. He said the agency has not asked him to submit the report prepared by a committee constituted by the CPI(M) to probe the irregularities in the party-controlled bank. He was a member of the party committee.
