Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, alleging that “fishing and roving probe(s)” by central agencies were targeting the state government.

“Five months on, the source, or end use, of the the smuggled gold has not been unraveled,” Vijayan wrote, adding that the CBI had displayed “undue haste in filing FIR without procedural preliminary inquiry neither was consent of state sought.” “The Enforcement Directorate has crossed all limits,” he added, raising concerns over the manner in which the CEO of Life Mission was summoned.

Vijayan also alleged an orchestrated campaign against the state, in cooperation with certain officials of the probe agencies, and cited examples of leaked confidential statements as proof.  Both the Congress-led United Democratic Front and the BJP have alleged Raveendran did not honour those summons because of local body elections, which were held last week.