The Enforcement Directorate has taken M Sivasankar, former principal secretary to Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, into custody in connection with alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution (Regulations) Act in the Life Mission project. Sivasankar was being questioned by the central probe agency for the past three days here and he was taken into custody Tuesday night, officials said. Sources said his arrest will be recorded soon and the former bureaucrat will be produced before a court on Wednesday after a medical check up. Sivasankar had retired on January 31. He was earlier arrested in a related gold smuggling case involving diplomatic baggage to UAE consulate.The Life Mission project aims at providing houses for poor at Wadakkanchery in Thrissur district of Kerala. The CBI had in 2020 filed an FIR in a Kochi court under section 120 B of the IPC and section 35 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), 2010 on a complaint by the then Wadakancherry Congress MLA, Anil Akkara, listing Santosh Eappen, Managing Director of Unitac Builder, Kochi as the first accused and Sane Ventures as the second accused.