00:00Briefly cutting across from Karnataka to neighboring Kerala because there's a lot of drama that's playing out right now
00:06Let's dip into the images coming in remember that the ED team this morning reached Pinaraya Vijayan's residence in Thirvanantapuram
00:13And now I can tell you that this drama that's playing out outside the former chief minister's residence
00:18Party workers are gathered in large numbers so much so that the vehicle in which the ED officials landed up
00:25That car has been completely vandalized chaotic scenes playing out
00:29Party workers are not allowing the ED officials to leave from the gate of Pinaraya Vijayan's residence
00:36Of course the left at this point the LDF has been maintaining this is political vendetta
00:40But it's all playing out right now in Thirvanantapuram where you had former chief minister Pinaraya Vijayan's residence being raided
00:48by ED officials
00:49Now as they tried to leave they weren't allowed to exit his residence
00:54Their car the car in which they were traveling also vandalized by party workers who've gathered outside
00:59The police is there trying to ensure that they get a chance to go ahead and they help the EC
01:06officials
01:07The ED officials right now but not easy and you're seeing a situation of absolute chaos playing out
01:29Let me take this across to Shibimul for more details Shibbi is joining us live from the sport
01:34Shibbi what's happening there have the ED officials been able to leave from Pinaraya Vijayan's residence
02:04The chanting the sloganeering
02:08Party workers have gathered in large numbers outside the Kerala chief minister's,
02:14the former Kerala chief minister's residence right now in Tiruvannantapuram.
02:19Remember that his house was raided by ED officials along with several other locations.
02:24This is in the CMRL case, a corruption case in which his daughter has also been named.
02:30And so even as the high court refused to quash the ED investigation,
02:34promptly the enforcement directorate continuing with their probe
02:37now that the court has given them the go-ahead.
02:40Landed up at Pinaray Vijayan's residence this morning in Tiruvannantapuram.
02:43They were inside for the last many hours.
02:46All attempts by the ED officials to leave right now, absolutely impossible.
02:51Chaos playing out there in the heart of Tiruvannantapuram
02:54as none of the ED officials are being allowed to exit.
02:58Police officials are there on the spot.
03:01They are trying hard to control the crowds.
03:03But just look at the sea of people you've gathered.
03:05These are LDF workers who have been trying political vendetta,
03:09chanting non-stop, lashing out at ED officials,
03:12so much so that a car has also been vandalized right now.
03:17An ED official's vehicle has now been targeted, has been vandalized.
03:22You can see that it's been broken apart essentially
03:25with stones, with bricks that have been hurled by these LDF supporters.
03:30Unbelievable images that are coming in right now of the ED vehicles that have been damaged by workers.
03:36It's extremely sensitive right now and ED officials are finding it impossible
03:40to leave from the gate of Pinaray Vijayan's residence.
03:44This is despite the fact that you had in fact a huge amount of police presence there.
03:49But the crowds has overwhelmed the police presence there,
03:53leading to chaotic scenes right now.
03:56Pinaray Vijayan, his family, they're in the residence right now
04:00and were there while the Enforcement Directorate conducted their searches early this morning.
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