Bineesh Kodiyeri's custody extended till November 11

Bengaluru, Nov 7 : A special court dealing withmoney laundering cases on Saturday extended custody of BineeshKodiyeri, son of Kerala CPI(M) state secretary KodiyeriBalakrishnan,to the Enforcement directorate by four more days.

The ED produced him before the special court as the fiveday custody ended today.

The agency arrested Bineesh on October 29 in a moneylaundering case linked to a drug seizure in Karnataka The agency sought four days custody, saying they founddrug peddler Mohammed Anoops debit card at his residence andneeded to make further investigations.

The ED has charged that the hotel Anoop was operating inBengaluru was Bineeshs Benami property.

The probe agency has charged Bineesh with transferringhuge amounts of money into Anoops bank account.

The ED probe stems from a Narcotics Control Bureauinvestigation that claimed to have busted an ecstasy pillsdrug trafficking racket in Karnataka in August along with thearrest of Anoop and two others.

Bineesh has maintained that he knew Anoop and his familyand the latter had borrowed money from him and some others forsetting up a restaurant business in Bengaluru a few years ago.

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