Mamkootathil already faces charges in two separate cases, including rape, criminal intimidation, coerced abortion, verbal threats, and physical assault. The Kerala high court has granted him interim protection from arrest in both cases.
ED has filed a writ petition before the Supreme Court, alleging that its investigation was deliberately obstructed by the state machinery and Mamata Banerjee.
ED has claimed that proceeds of crime worth ₹20 crore generated by purported irregularities in coal mining in West Bengal were transferred through hawala channels to I-PAC