Kochi : CM Raveendran, additional private secretary of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, left the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office late Thursday night, after being interrogated for around 13 hours in connection with the money laundering case relating to the smuggling of gold through diplomatic channels.

This was the fourth time the ED had summoned Raveendran in the case. He did not appear last three times citing ill health and hospitalisation.

On December 17, the Kerala High Court dismissed a petition filed by Raveendran challenging summons issued to him by the ED in the case.

Raveendran had moved the High Court seeking a stay on the summons issued by the ED to him in the PMLA case. (ANI)