A special Enforcement Directorate court on Friday rejected M Sivasankar’s interim release request in the LIFE Mission scam case.
On February 14, this year, officials from the Enforcement Directorate arrested him. A special court is considering ED-related cases.
However, the case pertains state government’s LIFE Mission project, which intended for providing homes to the poor who lost their houses in the floods of 2018. The housing project was proposed at Vaddakanchery, Thrissur district.
The project was initiated to build houses for 140 families in Vadakkanchery by spending an amount of Rs 14.50 crore out of Rs 18.50 crore granted by the Red Crescent through the UAE consulate.
In April this year, Kerala High Court rejected Sivasankar’s bail plea in the LIFE Mission Scam Case while observing that “Sivasankar has a lot of influence in the ruling party of Kerala. He is especially close to the Chief Minister”.
Also, Sivashankar’s bail plea in the same case is pending before the top court.
In the bail plea before the High Court, Sivasankar stated that, “The arrest is a political stunt. There is no direct allegation against the petitioner. The entire case is a political hit job by the Enforcement Directorate using the professional privity the petitioner had with the Chief Minister of Kerala.”
