<p>A special court dealing with money laundering cases on Saturday extended custody of Bineesh Kodiyeri, son of Kerala CPI(M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, to the Enforcement directorate by four more days.</p>.<p>The ED produced him before the special court as the five-day custody ended today.</p>.<p>The agency arrested Bineesh on October 29 in a money laundering case linked to a drug seizure in Karnataka.</p>.<p>The agency sought four days custody, saying they found drug peddler Mohammed Anoop's debit card at his residence and needed to make further investigations.</p>.<p>The ED has charged that the hotel Anoop was operating in Bengaluru was Bineesh's Benami property.</p>.<p>The probe agency has charged Bineesh with transferring huge amounts of money into Anoop's bank account.</p>.<p>The ED probe stems from a Narcotics Control Bureau investigation that claimed to have busted an ecstasy pills drug trafficking racket in Karnataka in August along with the arrest of Anoop and two others.</p>.<p>Bineesh has maintained that he knew Anoop and his family and the latter had borrowed money from him and some others for setting up a restaurant business in Bengaluru a few years ago.</p>
<p>A special court dealing with money laundering cases on Saturday extended custody of Bineesh Kodiyeri, son of Kerala CPI(M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, to the Enforcement directorate by four more days.</p>.<p>The ED produced him before the special court as the five-day custody ended today.</p>.<p>The agency arrested Bineesh on October 29 in a money laundering case linked to a drug seizure in Karnataka.</p>.<p>The agency sought four days custody, saying they found drug peddler Mohammed Anoop's debit card at his residence and needed to make further investigations.</p>.<p>The ED has charged that the hotel Anoop was operating in Bengaluru was Bineesh's Benami property.</p>.<p>The probe agency has charged Bineesh with transferring huge amounts of money into Anoop's bank account.</p>.<p>The ED probe stems from a Narcotics Control Bureau investigation that claimed to have busted an ecstasy pills drug trafficking racket in Karnataka in August along with the arrest of Anoop and two others.</p>.<p>Bineesh has maintained that he knew Anoop and his family and the latter had borrowed money from him and some others for setting up a restaurant business in Bengaluru a few years ago.</p>