Overview
- Education Minister V. Sivankutty urged police to register an FIR and jail the Enforcement Directorate deputy director, calling for a detailed probe.
- The Union government recently ordered the officer to take compulsory retirement after allegedly finding misconduct during his tenure.
- The officer led the 2020 diplomatic-baggage gold-smuggling investigation that brought scrutiny on the chief minister’s office.
- During that probe, the ED questioned LDF MLA K. T. Jaleel and the chief minister’s additional private secretary, and alleged protocol violations in contacts with the UAE Consulate.
- He was later transferred to the ED’s Srinagar office, lost a challenge before the Central Administrative Tribunal, and has not commented on the latest action.