Violence broke out outside Kerala Opposition Leader and former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s residence on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) after Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials completed a raid and were leaving the premises.

According to visuals shown on news channels, suspected CPI(M) workers gathered outside Mr. Vijayan’s rented home and protested against the raid. The situation escalated as some protesters blocked the vehicle carrying ED officials and threw stones at it.

The police and central security personnel struggled to control the crowd. The vehicle, which also had women officials on board, was targeted during the incident.

The windshield of the vehicle was broken in the incident.

Communist Party of India (Marxist) central secretariat member, John Brittas, MP, has strongly condemned the ED raid on a senior leader and former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

In a statement on X, Mr. Brittas said. “This is yet another example of the systematic misuse of central agencies to harass and target political opponents. Such vindictive actions expose the authoritarian mindset. Com Pinarayi n CPIM not be cowed down by these undemocratic tactics. CPIM fights back resolutely, with the support of the people, to defend democracy. It is clear that the Congress leadership actively encouraged the ED to target him, just as they did in the case of Arvind Kejriwal”.

The ED on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) raided the houses of Mr. Vijayan in Kannur and Thiruvananthapuram in what is viewed as a major escalation of a long-running inquiry into whether his daughter and former IT consultant, T. Veena’s now-defunct firm, Exalogic, had received sizeable monthly retainers from Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL), a private mining company, during the 2017-2021 period allegedly without rendering any tangible service.