The Enforcement Directorate (ED) issued summons to Tamil actors Krishna Kumar and K Srikanth in a money laundering case linked with cocaine trafficking, officials said on Friday, Oct 24.

ED's Chennai office has asked Srikanth to appear before the agency on Monday, Oct 27. Kumar is scheduled to appear on Tuesday, Oct 28, for questioning in the case.

The two actors' statements will be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), officials stated, as per news agency PTI. the case stems from a first information report (FIR) filed by the Chennai Police in June earlier this year allegedly related to cocaine trafficking.

Kumar and Srikanth, along with some other persons, were also arrested by the police and were later granted conditional bail in July by the Madras High Court.

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