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Kerala Businessman Denies ED Officer’s Bribery Role as High Court Stays Arrest

Recorded under PMLA protocols following a Kerala High Court order, his testimony advances the ED’s money laundering probe into cashew imports.

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Overview

  • On June 6, the ED recorded Aneesh Babu’s statement in New Delhi under audio-visual PMLA provisions, during which he denied knowledge of any ED officers’ involvement in the alleged Rs 2 crore bribe demand.
  • He told investigators he knew only a man named Wilson and was unable to produce evidence for the more than 100 WhatsApp calls he cited.
  • The Kerala High Court has barred the VACB from arresting ED assistant director Shekhar Kumar until June 11 as he pursues anticipatory bail in the bribery case.
  • ED investigators continue to probe a separate PMLA case accusing Babu and his parents of laundering Rs 24 crore through a cashew import racket via Vazhavila Cashews.
  • Agency sources allege Babu has repeatedly defied cooperation and may have been guided to implicate ED officers to deflect attention from the ongoing money laundering investigation.