Overview
- The Enforcement Directorate has called actors K Srikanth and Krishna Kumar to its Chennai office next week to record statements under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
- Published reports differ on the exact appearance dates, with outlets citing schedules between October 27 and October 29.
- The money-laundering inquiry stems from a Greater Chennai Police FIR tied to alleged cocaine peddling that followed a May bar clash in Nungambakkam.
- Police have arrested more than 25 people, citing links to a wider cartel, transactions involving foreign nationals, and an alleged Ghanaian supplier named John.
- Srikanth and Krishna were arrested in June under the NDPS Act and received conditional bail in July, with reports noting no contraband was recovered from them.