A big news has been reported from Kerala. The mob has attacked the officers of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Kerala. Violence broke out outside Kerala Opposition Leader and former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s residence on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) after Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials completed a raid and were leaving the premises. Bank Officers were also a part of the team of the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
When the ED conducts raids in a city, government officers from that city, such as bank officers and officers from other departments, are also included in the ED team.
#WATCH | Keralam: A Police personnel injured in Thiruvananthapuram during crowd control here.
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CPI(M) workers attacked a vehicle of ED officials in Thiruvananthapuram. The workers are protesting against the central agency over its searches at 10 premises in Keralam, including… pic.twitter.com/7lLHSNIrHd
CPI(M) workers gathered outside Mr. Vijayan’s rented home and protested against the raid. The situation escalated as some protesters blocked the vehicle carrying ED officials and threw stones at it. The police and central security personnel struggled to control the crowd. The vehicle, which also had women officials on board, was targeted during the incident.
The current Chief Minister of Kerala is Vadasseri Damodara Menon Satheesan. He has served as the 13th Chief Minister of Kerala since May 2026. In the 2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, he led the Congress-led UDF to a landslide victory.
Pinarayi Vijayan served as the 12th Chief Minister of Kerala and leader of the house in the Kerala Legislative Assembly from 25 May 2016 to 18 May 2026. He is the current Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly. He is from Communist Party of India (Marxist).
The ED raided Vijayan’s houses in the state capital and his native village Pinarayi in Kannur, premises linked to daughter Veena’s IT firm in Bengaluru, and the house of his son-in-law Muhammed Riyas in Kozhikode, among other locations. The raids are part of a probe into alleged illegal payments made by Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL) to Veena’s now-defunct IT firm Exalogic during Vijayan’s first term as CM.
As the news of the raid emerged, party workers and leaders began assembling outside the house gate, which was guarded by central armed police forces.
The ED action came after the High Court declined to quash the ED proceedings and cancellation of the summons issued by the central agency. The ED charge is that Exalogic, an IT firm owned by Veena T, daughter of the former CM, received Rs 1.72 crore from the Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL) over years for IT services, which were never delivered.
The allegation is that the payment was instead used to settle debts of Veena’s company and thus passing down liability to the publicly-listed company.
More details will be released soon.
