Overview

• The disclosure, based on a report in a leading Malayalam daily, says the ED issued summons No. KCCEDO/2023/769 to Vivek Kiran under PMLA Sections 50(2) and 50(3) and called him to the Kochi office on February 14, 2023 with bank and asset details.
• Sources cited in reports say he did not appear that day and no immediate follow-up became public, with indications the ED sought information from UAE authorities where he reportedly works.
• Congress leader K.C. Venugopal called the late surfacing of the confidential notice “highly suspicious” and asked the ED to state whether questioning occurred and what action, if any, followed.
• Congress’s Ramesh Chennithala alleged preferential treatment and claimed a CPI(M)-BJP nexus, contrasting the handling with ED actions against opposition figures.
• The ED has not issued an official response on the summons or the current status of the case, which is linked to Kerala’s Life Mission probe that saw former principal secretary M. Sivasankar arrested the night of February 14, 2023.