The company had previous requested Raveendran to look earlier than it on February 27, however he cited reputable tasks for no longer showing on that day.
Raveendran reached the ED administrative center right here round 9.30 am and the interrogation went until just a little earlier than 8 PM.
Previous, a couple of media properties had launched the suspected chat between Raveendran and the high accused within the arguable gold smuggling via UAE consulate case Swapna Suresh.
The company has previous arrested the previous important secretary to the manager minister, M Sivasankar, over his alleged involvement within the ED case.
The central company had, on February 18, interrogated U V Jose — the previous CEO of Existence Venture venture — in reference to its probe.
The CBI had in 2020 filed an FIR in a Kochi court docket underneath Segment 120B of the Indian Penal Code and Segment 35 of FCRA on a grievance via the then Wadakkanchery Congress MLA, Anil Akkara, record Santosh Eappen, Managing Director of Unitac Builder, Kochi as the primary accused and Sane Ventures as the second one accused. The 2 firms had undertaken the development in response to the settlement entered with them via Purple Crescent, a global humanitarian motion, which had agreed to offer Rs 20 crore against the Existence Venture venture.
The Congress has been alleging that there used to be corruption concerned within the choice of the contractor via Purple Crescent.
The alleged FCRA violation and corruption within the venture had snowballed into a big political factor on the time with opposition events charging that Suresh had admitted earlier than an NIA court docket that she had won Rs 1 crore as fee from the venture. She had reportedly claimed that the money used to be supposed for Sivasankar.
Then again, the Existence Venture CEO had submitted earlier than the court docket that Unitac and Sane Ventures had undertaken the development in response to the settlement entered into with them via Purple Crescent and had at once approved international contributions from Purple Crescent, which is a international company.
The CEO had additionally contended that the firms which signed an settlement with Purple Crescent don’t come underneath the kinds of individuals prohibited from receiving any international contribution as in keeping with Segment 3 of FCRA.
