‘Rs 85 lakh is too little’: Jaleel defends Veena; targets League MLAs over Rs 100 crore hawala claim

Malappuram: CPM leader K.T. Jaleel has levelled serious allegations against Muslim League MLAs, claiming that searches of their houses would uncover documents relating to hawala transactions worth at least Rs 100 crore. Jaleel made the allegation in a Facebook post.

Jaleel was responding to the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) findings concerning alleged hawala transactions involving Veena T, the daughter of former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

He said the ED's claim would have had more impact if it had alleged that the Rs 85 lakh transaction was worth Rs 85 crore. He also claimed that the "fabricated stories" against Veena would be short-lived.

"If the ED had said that the Rs 85 lakh hawala transaction was Rs 85 crore, it would have had a bit more punch. If the houses of League MLAs are searched, documents relating to at least Rs 100 crore in hawala transactions will be found. Now this has become too little, ED. Who are you trying to fool?" Jaleel wrote.

He also referred to allegations made against him in connection with the gold smuggling case, including claims that gold was transported along with copies of the Quran.

Jaleel alleged that the vehicle carrying the gold first travelled to Perumbavoor via MC Road, where some packets were unloaded. He claimed that the GPS of the vehicle was deliberately damaged after it reached Thrissur and that it then travelled to Bengaluru, where the gold bars were allegedly sold for crores.

"What did it finally turn out to be? Absolutely nothing!" he wrote, referring to the allegations.

Jaleel also criticised media reports about the case, claiming that some newspapers had published the allegations as front-page lead stories and even carried a route map of the vehicle.

He recalled reports that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had arrived to inspect the GPS of the vehicle that had carried the copies of the Quran.

"That was when I realised the lack of sense of the NIA. And what did it finally turn out to be? Absolutely nothing!" Jaleel wrote.

He concluded by saying that the allegations against Veena would also be short-lived and that there should be "a limit to insulting a person".