Kochi, Head of the Directorate for Enforcement Directorate (ED), moved the Kerala High Court, which was looking for a preliminary bail after being appointed for the first time the accused in the case of corruption recorded by the vigilance and the anti -corruption office (VACB). Shekhar Kumar (37) currently serves as an assistant director in the office of Ed Kochi.
In his request for bail, Mr. Kumar claimed that he was fake in the case.
The accusations against him are under § 7 let. A) of the 1988 Corruption Act, which concerns a disproportionate benefit to influence a civil servant with a corrupt or illegal means or personal influence. It also faces accusations pursuant to Section 61 (2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhit (BNS), 2023, which deals with a criminal plot.
The case stems from a complaint with a man associated with “cache”, a cashew trade in Kottarakara, who owns his mother. The Directorate for the enforcement of the law had previously summoned the complainant and his parents in 2021 over the accusations that they had taken over large preliminary payments from local cache traders, but could not deliver the import of cashew as promised.
ED began to investigate according to the Act on the Prevention of Money Laundering After several police cases registered at various stations, while claiming fraud of 24 GBP crore. The complainant has now claimed that the other accused person told him to pay Mr. Kumar 2 crore to avoid prosecution. He also claimed that he was asked to pay on May 15, 2025 2 Lakh. The company was filed on the basis of these charges.
In his plea, however, Mr. Kumar claimed that he was innocent and has no connection with the other accused.
Published – May 24, 2025 12:13
