VACB asks ED officer for details in ‘corruption’ case

The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) has sought documents from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) pertaining to a case investigated by an ED officer of the Kochi unit arraigned by the VACB in a corruption case.

S. Sasidharan, Superintendent of VACB, Ernakulam unit, visited the officer and handed over a letter to that effect. This was a follow-up to a letter the VACB had sent to the ED on May 22 seeking details of the case. Mr. Sasidharan told the media that the response from the ED had been encouraging.

“We have given a letter asking for specific records needed for the investigation,” he said. The VACB, he said, was analysing data retrieved from the gadgets seized from the accused and the content was voluminous.

“We have covered a portion of it and a lot more needs to be done. A decision on whether to summon the accused officer would be taken after completing the data analysis. More allegations have come up and they are being verified,” Mr. Sasidharan said.

The VACB had arrested three persons for allegedly demanding ₹2 crore from a Kollam-based businessman to get him off the ED hook. Shekhar Kumar, an assistant director with the ED, was named as the first accused in the case. But he has neither been questioned nor arrested.

Published - June 02, 2025 09:25 pm IST