Dubai court imposes travel ban on Binoy Kodiyeri in cheating case

A travel ban has been imposed by a Dubai court against Binoy Kodiyeri, the elder son of CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, in a cheating case filed by a Gulf-based tourism company.

Binoy, who is now in Dubai, has been asked to deposit his passport to the court following the ban imposed on February 1. Dubai-based JAAS Tourism had alleged that Binoy had cheated it of Rs 13 crore.

Confirming the development,



Bineesh, the younger son of the Marxist leader, said that they would file an appeal against the ban next week. The dispute is over the payment of Rs 1.74 crore and not Rs 13 crore as was being alleged, he told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram.

Binoy has also been asked by the court to deposit 10 lakh dirhams (Rs 1.74 crore). Bineesh said the dispute had been deliberately brought up at a time the CPM district conferences were going on.