CMRL pay-off case: Pinarayi’s son-in-law and CPI(M) leader Mohamed Riyas vows to ‘legally fight’ ED charges

Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] Keralam State secretariat member and Beypore MLA P.A. Mohamed Riyas has vowed to "legally fight" the latest charges raised by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

In a Facebook post on Thursday (September 10, 2026) morning, he said: "Today's media reports contain fresh, absurd claims related to the ED investigation. If the report leaked by the ED indeed includes such allegations, it is a fabricated story deliberately concocted to assassinate my character. The leaked news claims that I admitted to these matters before the ED; this is an outright lie."

The former Minister for Public Works said some people "derive pleasure from devouring the raw flesh of living human beings through such absurd information — leaked under the guise of an ED investigation."