Bineesh to remain in ED custody for another five days

Bengaluru, Nov 2 (PTI) A special court on Monday
extended custody of Bineesh Kodiyeri, son of Kerala CPI(M)
secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, to the Enforcement
Directorate by five more days.
     The ED had produced Bineesh before the special court
dealing with the money laundering cases as the four-day
custody came to an end today.
     The investigation agency sought five more days
custody stating that the accused did not cooperate with the
probe, which the court granted.
     The ED arrested Bineesh on October 29 in a money
laundering case linked to a drug seizure in Karnataka and took
him into its custody for four days to interrogate him.
     On Sunday night,he reportedly complained of back
pain following which he was taken to the Bowring Hospital for
check-up.
     On Monday morning, the ED took him from the hospital
and produced him before the court.
     Bineesh's lawyers challenged the ED's plea stating
that he was in bad shape due to severe back pain.
     They also stated that he vomited several times in the
hospital.
     However, the court turned down their plea.
     The central agency alleged that the "drug peddler"
in the case, Mohammed Anoop, was a "benamidar" of Bineesh.
     The ED probe stems from a Narcotics Control Bureau
investigation that claimed to have busted an ecstasy pills
drug trafficking racket in Karnataka in August along with the
arrest of Anoop and two others.
     Bineesh has maintained that he knew Anoop and his
family and the latter had borrowed money from him and some
others for setting up a restaurant business in Bengaluru a few
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