CPI(M) workers take to the streets in Kozhikode against ED raid at Riyas’ house
CPI(M) workers protested in Kozhikode following an ED raid on former Minister P.A. Mohamed Riyas' home. The raid is part of a broader investigation involving properties linked to opposition leaders in Kerala. Riyas and CPI(M) leaders claim the actions are politically motivated and a violation of human rights.
- ▪CPI(M) workers took to the streets in Kozhikode after an ED raid on P.A. Mohamed Riyas' residence.
- ▪The raid is part of investigations into properties related to opposition leaders in Kerala.
- ▪Riyas stated he would fight for secularism and criticized the raid as a tactic to intimidate the CPI(M).
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Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] workers took to the streets in Kozhikode on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) after Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials conducted a raid on the residential premises of former Minister for Public Works and Beypore MLA P.A. Mohamed Riyas at Kottuli in the city.It was part of similar exercises carried out by the Central agency at multiple locations in Kerala and Karnataka on properties related to Opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan and his daughter and Mr. Riyas’s wife T. Veena, a former IT consultant. The ED’s case is that Ms. Veena’s now defunct firm Exalogic Solutions had received monthly allowances from the private mining company Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited between 2017 and 2021, allegedly without rendering any tangible service.
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