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Thiruvananthapuram: A former MLA of the Indian Union Muslim League was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate officials in connection with an alleged jewellery scam of Kasargod.
Kamaruddin, who is a former MLA of Manjeshwar, was arrested in connection with the Fashion Gold jewellery scam of 2021. He was the chairman of the firm. Managing director of the firm Pookoya Thangal, who was also an IUML leader, is an accused in the scam as well.
ED said in a statement on Wednesday that Kamaruddin and Thangal were held on April 7 in an alleged investors' fraud-linked money laundering case involving Rs 20 crore. A PMLA court in Kozhikode sent them to two days ED custody.
The firm collected deposits as investments from around 140 persons and failed to return the deposit. The police had earlier arrested the two and they later obtained bail.