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SFI Activist Accused in ED Attack Detained at Chennai Airport

SFI Activist Accused in ED Attack Detained at Chennai Airport
SFI Activist Accused of Attacking ED Officials Detained at Chennai Airport · deccanchronicle.com

A young man named Adarsh is part of a student group called SFI in Kerala, India.

The police say he was involved in attacking officials who do financial investigations, called the ED.

Those officials had gone to search the house of Pinarayi Vijayan, who used to be the chief minister of Kerala.

They were looking into money matters connected to his daughter's company and a sand mining company.

After the search, the officials were leaving, but a group of people attacked their cars, and a few people who worked with the officials got hurt.

Police watched videos of the attack and figured out that Adarsh was part of it.

But before police could catch him, he flew to a city called Dubai.

So the police put out a special alert at airports, called a lookout circular.

When Adarsh came back from Dubai to India, he was stopped and taken into custody at Chennai airport.

Now police officers are going to Chennai to bring him back for questioning.

Key facts

Detained person
Adarsh, member of the SFI Chala Area Committee
Detention location
Chennai airport, after arriving from Dubai
ED search date
May 27
Search location
Pinarayi Vijayan's rented house in Thiruvananthapuram
Probe subject
Money laundering investigation into financial dealings between Vijayan's daughter's firm and Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd
Injuries reported
A driver, a CRPF officer, and a member of the search team
Case registered against
Around 300 CPI(M), DYFI and SFI activists
Recent court action
Kerala High Court granted bail to some arrested persons

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