In Pictures: ED officials attacked in Kerala after raid at Pinarayi Vijayan’s residence

ED officials who raided the residence of former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan were attacked and their vehicles vandalised by CPI(M) workers who were protesting against the raid (Source: Photo by ANI)

They were targeted while leaving Vijayan’s house in Thiruvananthapuram after completing the seven-hour-long raid (Source: Photo by ANI)

Party workers threw eggs and bricks at ED vehicles, smashing wind shields of the cars with sticks (Source: Photo by ANI)

The windshield of the vehicle was broken in the incident (Source: Photo by ANI)

CRPF personnel and Kerala police officials were also present when the ED team was attacked in the presence of senior CPI(M) leaders (Source: Photo by ANI)

Police and central security personnel struggled to control the crowd (Source: Photo by ANI)

CPI (M) workers protested against the ED soon after the news of raids at Vijayan’s residence broke out, taking to the streets and raising slogans against the central agency and BJP (Source: Photo by ANI)

The ED raided Vijayan’s houses in the state capital and his native village Pinarayi in Kannur, premises linked to daughter Veena’s IT firm in Bengaluru, and the house of his son-in-law Muhammed Riyas in Kozhikode, among other locations (Source: Photo by ANI)

The raids are part of a probe into alleged illegal payments made by Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL) to Veena’s now-defunct IT firm Exalogic during Vijayan’s first term as CM (Source: Photo by ANI)