Overview
- The Division Bench disposed of a PIL on July 3 after finding the state police had made satisfactory progress in the probe into the alleged attack that followed ED searches.
- Police told the court they have identified and remanded 25 accused, collected forensic and photographic material, obtained medical records and recorded 44 witness statements.
- The original incident followed Enforcement Directorate raids on former chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s homes on May 27 over alleged monthly payments to his daughter through Exalogic.
- The petitioner had argued the probe was slow and that hundreds were named in the FIR with few arrests, while the state denied intelligence failures and accused-tampering claims as unsupported.
- A separate bail-cancellation petition for one accused remains pending and investigators say they are still reviewing media footage to identify more suspects, keeping the case active at the state level.