India, May 19 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials on Monday said that the corruption allegations levelled against one of its officers in Kerala appears to be an attempt at maligning the agency by a businessman who is under its scanner and has skipped multiple summonses.

The Kerala Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) last week filed a case in Kochi naming an assistant director-rank officer of the federal financial crimes probe agency, alleging that some private persons demanded money from businessman Aneesh Babu in lieu of settling a money laundering case against him.

The matter has created a political controversy in the state as leader of Opposition in the Kerala assembly, V D Satheesan and the ruling CPI(M) alleged wi...